Now I have all the pages. Let me compile the transcription of the primary document — the letter from Governor Thomas Mifflin to the President, July 15, 1794. [15^th July 1794 The Governor to The President —] [Compared] Sir "I have the honor to transmit, for your information, copies of the various documents which I have received by express from General Gibson; stating, among other things, the proceedings of a Council, held at Fort Le Boeuf on the 26^th ult^o. between Capt^r Denny and M^r Elliot and a deputation from the Six Nations in the presence of Gen.^l Chapin. "The requisition which has been made on this occasion, for the abandonment of a great portion of the territory of the State, is so extravagant, that we must suppose it to proceed from the instigation of a policy more hostile to the United States, than can reasonably be ascribed to the natural arrogance or enmity of the Indians themselves. It is a circumstance indeed, additionally mortifying, that no attempt was made, even to conceal the source from which the insult came: — M^r Johnston the (British) Agent attended the Council. It will be obvious to you, Sir, that it is not in my power to authorize a compliance with the requisition, or to treat upon the subject. My duty calls upon me to execute the laws, and, in doing so, it will be incumbent on me to maintain not only; the public claim of jurisdiction, but the private rights of property, throughout the State, against invasion and outrage. To that important purpose, I shall exert all the legal authority of my office; and I take this opportunity to request the co-operation of the general Government, as far as its Federal obligations will extend. "The suspension of the Presqu'isle establishment has, probably, increased our difficulties. But after the information, which has just been received, I conceive that the essential interests of the state, the safety of its Citizens, and the preservation of its property, involved in the immediate prosecution of our object, and, I trust, that you will now find reason to concur in that opinion. I am, with perfect respect, Sir, Philadelphia } 15^th July 1794 } Your Excellency's Most obed^t serv^t Thomas Mifflin To: The President of the United States [underline: List of the documents above ment^d:] — Copy of a Letter from General Gibson to the Governor Dat^d [undecipherable] July [undecipherable] — d^o. d^o. [General] Chapin to the Commissary General [undecipherable] Aug 27 [undecipherable] — d^o. d^o. Ebenezer Denny to General Gibson d^o. — d^o. d^o. And^w Elliot to the Governor 29^th. d^o. — Extract of a Letter from Cap^t Denny to the same d^o. — Proceedings of a Council with the Six Nations at Le Boeuf [undecipherable]