[Copy of letter given to D^r Cohen of Baltimore February 1855 —] [Private] 31 Mount Vernon 22^d July 1796 Dear Sir Your private letter of the 16^th came to my hands at the same time that your official one of the 18^th did — From what is there said, and appears by the enclosures, I am satisfied the uneasiness & delay respecting the Algerine frigate has taken place. From a forwardness and perhaps from a solicitude to execute promptly whatever is entrusted to me, I had conceived otherwise. As I have M^r Liston here & the house full of [strikethrough: other] company, I shall only add that I am, what you will always find Your sincere fr^d and affect^e servant (Signed) G Washington James M^cHenry Esq [Copied by D^r Howard M^cHenry]