[To Major Gen^l Knox Sec^y for War] N^o 68. Head Quarters Greeneville 11 Dec^r 1793— Sir, I had the honor to write you very fully on the 15th ultmo by a special messenger Cap the Bines who went by the way of the Wilderness, the water passage being too uncertain at this late season of the year.— It is now [undecipherable] of three months since I have been honored with a single or any Commands from you, which I attribute to the fatal malady that has so long raged in the City of Philadelphia, and proved fatal to so many thousands of its inhabitants. This we have only from report, as all direct communication seems to be cut off between the western waters & the atlantic States; however I hope that the cause is totally removed before this period.— The Contractors still continue to deceive & disappoint us in their means of transport and deposits of provision; as you will observe by the enclosed Returns & copies of Letters upon that subject.