To Brigadier General Robert Todd. Sir, By directions of the President of the United States, and in pursuance of powers vested in him by law for that purpose, you are hereby appointed, [strikethrough: conformably] a Brigadier General on the Corps of Mounted Volunteers to be raised in Kentucky, for the purpose of joining the Army under Major General Wayne, and conformably to the instructions of Major General [undecipherable: Charles] Scott. You are to be one of a board to consist of his Excellency the Governor of Kentucky, Major General Scott, Brigadier General Barbee, and yourself, for the purpose of appointing the Field and Company [strikethrough: Officers] [undecipherable: probable reading: Officers] in the [undecipherable] [strikethrough: [undecipherable]]. Given under my hand, and the Seal of the War Office of the United States, in the City of Philadelphia, this seventeenth day of May, One thousand, seven hundred and ninety four. [seal] Registered. Sir Bayard [undecipherable] H Knox Secretary of War [FURTHER REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARY]