[undecipherable: Illegible Text — some or all pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. The Papers of the War Department project has not been able to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically.] Sir Winchester. Sep. 28.^th 1794 Yours of the 10^th [undecipherable] was de[undecipherable] [undecipherable] by M^r [undecipherable] 15^th [undecipherable] on[undecipherable] [undecipherable] yet c[undecipherable]. The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] f[undecipherable] [undecipherable] At my instance [undecipherable] Col^o [undecipherable] [W]ay Byrd [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in conjunction [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sur[undecipherable] M^r [undecipherable] [undecipherable] under his direction Major Eleas [undecipherable: probable reading Langham] [undecipherable] experienced & diligent [undecipherable] the appoint of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] In[undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] J. Hodgdon Esq [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: endorsement on verso — document number 106; routing notation partially legible as "Rec'd from... P.C. 4018"; additional marginalia undecipherable due to damage]