[Free] Vienna, June 11^th The Honourable James McHenry Esq^r Secretary at War Philad. [Endorsement, upside down at bottom: James Murray / June [undecipherable]] My dear Sir, [undecipherable] Hendman & Tanner safely & pleasantly — but to my sorrow I found M^r Murray exceedingly ill — scarcely able to walk — so reduced that I have every reason to apprehend the most serious consequences to my happiness in this world — He is certainly in a decline — I fear a rapid one! — I think of the Springs — & then of the Sea — the idea is [the?] latter — I shall endeavour to get a stout boat and go out for two or three weeks — I am my friend very miserable — my absence has contributed I believe to his [present] State — he has fevers almost constant his digestion almost ruined — I feel a comfort in telling you of the gloom of my own mind & know that because I know that no thing of business & affairs can [undecipherable] [sym]pa- thy between us — I am with compl.^s to M^rs McHenry Sincerely & affect.^ly [signature] W. Murray Cambridge [undecipherable] June 96. Can you do me the favour to obtain for me a Land Law for the N.W. Territory — & if you can not to inform me whether Soldiers & Officers' Land warrants are any wise affected by the[se] laws — I do not recollect that they are [undecipherable] to land — but wish to be accurately informed (of my own acc[ount])