War Office August 24. 1796 Sir, I [undecipherable] you a draught of a Talk to the Cherokees [undecipherable] directions to Agent [Dinsmore?] containing a plan for promoting their civilization and rendering the management of them [undecipherable] and more economical. If you think favourably of it I will [undecipherable] it one have [undecipherable] dispatched to his [undecipherable]. You will find it little more than is made for executing the laws which contemplate approximating them nearer to the civilized State and the laws passed at the last session of Congress. [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] a prudent Man. I have consulted him upon this [undecipherable] of teaching the [Women?] to spin and weave and he thinks it may be accomplished. I am Sir &c. James McHenry