[undecipherable] War Department August [undecipherable] Sir, Your letter of the 7^th Instant to the Secretary at War has been received and duly attended to. The suggestions respecting additional measures of defence have been considered, but the danger of the vessel falling into the hands of the insurgents, appears at present an objection. It is hoped that every thing at Pittsburgh which shall come there, and necessary for the Post itself, has been furnish'd down the river & wide entrance to be is as long has [undecipherable] as it can be done with safety. The friends of Government most earnestly ought to exert their confidence and if necessary to manifest it by duty they cannot easily doubt the power of the to take to [undecipherable] the authority of the laws, and they may be assured that the necessity of doing it towards surviving the very existence of Government is directly attacked with dictate effective and vigorous and persevering effort; in which the known good zeal and love of order of the great body of the people and all the information hitherto received of their sentiments offerings with regard to the present emergency, authorise a full expectation of their hearty co-operation — with [undecipherable] I am Isaac Craig Esquire D 2 July Your most Obedient Servant Alexander Hamilton for the [undecipherable] [Major Isaac Craig]