[Reference: FO 5/2 p. 140] [undecipherable: probable reading "Attend to the letter, May 1793, 2p"] [(Copy)] [D] Downing Street [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1793 Sir, In the absence of his Majesty's M[undecipherable] has the Honor to acknowledge the recei[p]t of [undecipherable] letter of the [undecipherable] of July. I have [undecipherable] with his [undecipherable] this [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] to prevent any [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] by every man [undecipherable] felt [undecipherable] for the Government of the United States. I have [undecipherable] with the owners of the Ships [undecipherable] and am [undecipherable] to assure [undecipherable] they have [undecipherable] against [undecipherable] a single [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] — they brought with them — [undecipherable] they [undecipherable] any [undecipherable] in their [undecipherable] [undecipherable] unless [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] instead of [undecipherable] old [undecipherable] Carriers. [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] and that the two first [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] are in the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which the [undecipherable] had [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] than could have been [undecipherable] at [undecipherable]. With the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the owners of the Ships [undecipherable] cannot but feel the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in a very [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] is they have only used such [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Danger of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a more [undecipherable] Adventure without the least [undecipherable] of [undecipherable], or of [undecipherable] in offensive Attacks upon [undecipherable] Enemy, they are [undecipherable] to abide [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] they [undecipherable] them[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Secretary at War [undecipherable]