[undecipherable] Copy of a letter from the Governor of Pennsylvania to the Secretary of War dated Philadelphia 24^th [Oct?] 1793 4. Sir — [undecipherable] of the 7^th inst and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] here in the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] able to the [undecipherable] establishment [undecipherable] [lately?] tho it — By application of [one?] of [our?] [undecipherable] [Magistrates?] [I?] [become?] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as the [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. [We?] [Can?] I [promise?] to [notify?] [undecipherable] Men, should [act?] of the troops [only?] [undecipherable] [are?] [undecipherable] to [support?] and [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a [lot?] of [security?] [undecipherable] I have the [assurance?] of a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Your [memorialists?] [because?] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] persons in the following manner — to [have?] at any [loss?] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. The Commissioner [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] was also to [undecipherable] 1^st — [Means?] [direct?] [undecipherable] to [transfer?] [suitable?] men from the [undecipherable] term of service. [If?] [accordingly?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [of?] a [Portion?] [Detachment?] and written on [Company?] of [undecipherable] [also?] in [undecipherable] ...are 76 officers, non-commissioned officers and privates[?] to be [Commanded?], [undecipherable] and employed partly at Fort [Lebeuf?] and partly at [Presque?] Isle in the manner stated on your [undecipherable] and with a clause in their [enlistments?] providing for the transfer of [undecipherable] by the Secretary [undecipherable]. The [remaining?] 32 men must be [formed?] into [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] 2^nd The [transfer?] of the service of the Company [shall be?] [ordered?] [actually?] to commence from the last of next month from [undecipherable] the United States [are?] [undecipherable] to the Company the same pay [secured?] [measured?] by an Act of Congress [after?] the 3^rd day of [January?] [last?] to the [undecipherable] when [in?] the service of the United States. [Traveling?] rations as are permitted to the [Provincial?] Troops[?] [which?] [can be?] made either directly to the [Individuals?] only [undecipherable] as the State [shall?] [advance?] them — That [some?] [of?] to secure [under?] both parties, to prevent [undecipherable] and [save?] expense. The [undecipherable] — as well as the party for the [federal?] [undecipherable] a [conduct?] under the Agency of Colonel [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [of?] [commanding?] [undecipherable]. [Oath?] for the [undecipherable] — [copy?] of the State [and?] the State [shall?] not [transferring?] [undecipherable] [general?] government [shall?] [advance?]. He [directs?] at a reasonable rate, [undecipherable] for the best [damage?] to [any?] of any [motion?] [branches?] and [undecipherable] [subject?] [and?] the [moving?] of the United States for the [sale?] of the Company — the State shall not be responsible — The [nature?] of the Act of [Assembly?] [which?] reserves the State [selecting?] with [undecipherable] [hold?] on its State of the State and [otherwise?] [undecipherable] within the letter of the [law?] of Congress to which [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [discovering?] they [themselves?]. There will be no [actual?] [government?] [office?] [take?] part of the State; should you proceed to [send?] [undecipherable] within those limits. The [object?] is [to have?] not [very?] [directly?] the public [credit?] but [as?] [is?] [through?] [connected?] with the [Principal?] [enjoyment?] of the [Legislative?] [mind?]. That if formed, any future [legislature?] [shall?] not [actually?] [to?] [disposed?] to approve any [direction?] of [the?] all events the United States [may?] [ultimately?] [suffer?] no [grant?] to bear the expense of [erecting?] the State; and this [might?] be able to [easily?] compensated by the [standards?] since on [establishing?] the State and their duties I am with great respect the [undecipherable] Thomas Mifflin [To?] the [Secretary?] [undecipherable] [Secretary?] of War --- (474) a letter from the Governor of [Pennsylvania?] to the Secretary of War at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sept [undecipherable] [4?]. Sir — received with [interest?] of the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Order from [bearing?] a [Act?] of [undecipherable] and intended to [govern?] [undecipherable] to [provide?] [undecipherable] at present [undecipherable] Colonel [undecipherable] to [providing?] the Supply of fresh Troops; and [4^th?] of the [authority?] to the Companies [undecipherable], appears to exceed the Act of the General. After again there seems [undecipherable] while [undecipherable] to the [president?] [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] the Secretary had regards partly committed At this [measure?] a [provision?] [undecipherable] that the [Commission?] [undecipherable] purpose commencing [of?] their own since the 6^th of the ensuing month and probably [the?] passing about the last of [June?] 1793. Their course and also while just as far as [Chartiers?] and there to [Presquisle?] and on return. They are [waiting?] at the [Wings?] at the [Bank?] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable]