[Cover, address panel:] [undecipherable text along left margin] [undecipherable] H^s [undecipherable] — Philadelphia M^r. [McLennan?] Philadelphia [right margin:] en[close?] men ell[undecipherable] [Docket, lower right:] [W. Sargent?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Cincinnati 23.^d October 1796 — Although I have been only one half hour arrived ( ) from a long and very fatiguing Journey which has engaged me almost four months past my Dear Sir I [can] not pass this Opportunity by M^r. McCullough [as?] [Surgeon?] my best respects to your M^rs. H[?] and your Family, and of whom have likewise in my good wishes and Affections — I say nothing to the [undecipherable] business because I have not now sufficient time and because you can not have much leisure but you know you have been to signify your pleasure to be furnished with the Details — A M^cKenries has gone [undecipherable] further How his the many Travels [so] far as to have been capable of or- [undecipherable] sometimes [?] and curious from [?] Philadelphia, [?] — Think he was any where and received in America as I am told, Published in the [undecipherable], you can and will soon [procure?] and send me his works as well his [?] as he seems — McCullough [undecipherable] the [?] [?] and Thing — The [loss?] in your [?] store I wish to come and indeed I suspected it came Times past — M^cH[auff?] promised to send me a [?] as Having — I give no [?] [?] — [?] me the [handling?] as [?], men[?] [?] so that I [can?] put them in Order and [become?] — [strikethrough: undecipherable] I am sincerely yours W. Sargent Please send this one hired by a private hand — I hope M^rs. H. [undecipherable] [?] other worth makes for me — [Enclosure:] a Cask of excellent dry Sherry in the [undecipherable] — M^r. Henry [undecipherable] knows where [?] with the — Cask it must be better than the last — some Figs Cider, Apples, [?] a Barrel of Whiskey Flour & Butter — [?] Keg Townsend[?] f^r Armstrong [Archival stamp on verso:] Received from State Dept. Nov. 24, 1934. P.O. 401810