[undecipherable] Germantown 14 Nov 1793. Sir                      N^o 13[undecipherable] I have received your favor of the 8^th instant. A detachment of about one hundred recruits will march from Carlisle for Pittsburg about the 25^th instant. I hope they will arrive in season to descend the Ohio before the River is impeded with ice — but if they should not they must Winter at Pittsburg. A light boat well manned will be wanted about the 1^st of December or by the 28^th of this the month, for the purpose of conveying dispatches to Head Quarters. I hope a M^r Whistlers party may be detained as a convoy. I inclose two letters for the Governor of Kentucky and the Northwest territory which I may you to forward safely and expeditiously. [signed] James [undecipherable] [undecipherable]