[Page 1 is an archival notation card reading "Illegible Text — Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically." This is not document content and is not transcribed.] (106) War Office March 11^th 1796 Sir Understanding by a Conversation I have quite lately with M^r Humphreys [undecipherable] you near Cap^t [undecipherable] that no Express orders had been Sent you from this Office to make use of Live Oaks for [undecipherable] times of [undecipherable] I have herewith [undecipherable] you enclosed a transcript, of an order, which was transmitted to the Naval Agents [undecipherable] 19 Months Since, and which I was requested by the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to transmit again to you fearing the former may be mislaid or lost. I have wrote M^r Humphreys on the subject of making use of good White Oaks instead of Live Oak & you may expect his Opinion on the beginning of that [undecipherable] I remain With Sentiments of Esteem [undecipherable] (M^r Do[undecipherable] [undecipherable])