Greenville July 15^th 1796 — I avail myself of a casual con= [undecipherable] hasty line in ac= -knowledge[ment] of the receipt of your let= ters of [the] 1^st & 11^th ultimo. The former reached me at the foot of the Rapids of the Miamis, on the 29^th ultimo, and the latter on the 2^nd Inst: as I haste[ned] to this place to receive Major General Wayne, who arrived here this day, and was received with all the distinction and respect due to his Rank [undecipherable] [undecipherable] great pleasure to inform you [that] in Consequence of my Orders, and [undecipherable] Lt. Col. Hamtramck, an[d undecipherable: last: actual] [undecipherable] display'd the American Stripes from For[t] Mi[ami], [and] Embark'd the same day an[d] about [undecipherable] for Detroit, [at which] place [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you sc[undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] Event, whi[ch] can not fail to excite the most [undecipherable] pleasure in the [undecipherable] mind, beca[use] [it is f]raught with Consequences [undecipherable] the National [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] great [undecipherable] [signed] [undecipherable: probable reading Wilkins] [undecipherable] Gen[undecipherable] [undecipherable]