which we desire you to send to him by two separate conveyances: one of them with all possible dispatch, the other by the next conveyance, which shall present. You can best tell in what way the first letter may with the utmost speed, an certainty be conveyed to General Wayne, and that we desire you to adopt. No expence is to be spared to effect this. The Commanding officer at Pittsburg will certainly give you every aid in his power. We shall send you at-least four other letters for General Wayne, of the same tenor, which we desire you to forward to him one by one, as fast as conveyances shall present. We are on our way home, the Western Indians having refused to make peace. This packet is committed to by [undecipherable] Ash. If he delivers to you with reasonable dispatch, he is to receive ten dollars, which we desire you to pay him; If General Knox should have given you any orders about the conveyance of our letters to General Wayne, observe them, only remembering the important points of certainty and speed. The enclosed letter to General Knox you will forward by post, unless an earlier conveyance shall offer. We are Sir, your &c. B. Lincoln, B. Randolph, } Commissioners of T. Pickering, } the United States. To Major Craig — N^o 2. Fort Erie 23 August 1793 Sir, We wrote you this day and committed the letter to [undecipherable]