[Copy] War Office May 10^th 1796. Sir, I have the Honor to communicate to Your Lordship, that the Concerns enjoined on the part of the United States, by the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty, and the United States of America, have been duly made by Congress, with which the President has authorised me to inform you. It has been also given to me in charge to mention, that, in conformity to the second Article of the said Treaty, Detachments from the Army of the United States are ordered to be sent in directions to Lake Mississippi & the Posts, to be evacuated. In the mean while, Captain Davis, who will have the honor to present this Letter, is authorised to receive, from Your Lordship, and transmit to those Detachments, a Duplicate of the orders, for their evacuation; and to make such arrangements relative to this object, if such convenience shall be his way particularly necessary. I cannot miss on this occasion to express to Your Lordship, the pleasure I experience in contemplating the beneficial consequences, that may be expected to flow from an instrument, that establishes between the two Nations, and their inhabitants, Good understanding, and friendly intercourse, so essential to those mutual prosperity, and which it is in the hands of the United States to render still great. With the greatest respect I have the honor to be Your Lordship's most obedient Servant [Signed] James M^cHenry Sec^y of War Right Honble Jal Dorchester D [Endorsed:] To Lord Dorchester N. 95 To the Duke of Portland.