Fort Fayette 22^d August 1794. Dear Sir, I have received Your letter of the 18^th. And I am much Obliged to You for Your attention to the Young man, and Shall give Your Credit for the 20 Dollars You have advanced to him On the 13^th I was under a necessity of Drawing on You in favour of Scott & Kerr, at the [undecipherable] sight for six hundred Dollars in [undecipherable] of their account for harness leather, Iron, bags &ca— I am under a necessity of requesting You to transmit me five thousand Dollars to enable me to comply with the requisition of the 2^d General — Forage [&] other Articles, as well as to defray the expences of the additional Work at and in Fort Fayette, which we are manoeuvring to put in the best possible state of Defence. — Please to present my Respects to [undecipherable] Pickering & [undecipherable] the enclosed Statement of Charges against the Post Office Department, and tell Him that in the present hurry & Turmoil I have not time to write to him Next Thursday it is to be determined whether we shall have Peace or [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] P. Philadelphia [undecipherable: probable reading — Isaac Craig] [Received from State Dep't. P.O. 401810.]