[Letter to the President of the United States] Sir, Niagara 10^th July 1793. General Knox will doubtless lay before you our communications of this date. We address you that we may literally comply with our promise to the deputies of the Western Indians; that we would desire you to dispatch orders to General Wayne, not only to abstain from hostilities, but to remain quietly at his posts, until the mind of the treaty should be known: our sentiments on this subject are fully expressed in our letter to the Secretary of War, to which we must beg leave to refer. Those sentiments your own solicitude for peace will sufficiently enforce. We are Sir With great respect Your &^c B. Lincoln, B. Randolph, Commissioners T. Pickering Letter to General Knox. Niagara 10^th July 1793. Sir, In our instructions we are directed to stipulate the compensation to the Indians in goods by a tariff comprehending the prime cost, and charges of transportation. We have no means of forming the Tariff. We request you to send us by M^r Parish, the prices of all Indian goods, and the usual expences of transportation from Philadelphia to Pittsburg