James McHenry forwarding letter on situation in Indian/Spanish Country to Isaac Guion

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War Office, June 9, 1797. Sir, The enclosed copy of a letter sent to General Wilkinson you will be pleased to consider as intended for your Government and Instruction. Apprehending that the General may have left [strikethrough: his instructions] Fort Washington for Detroit, which would have delayed [strikethrough: this] reaching you in time to be useful, it has been thought proper to take this mode of making its contents known to you, I am, Sir, with respect Your obed^t Servant James McHenry Capt. Isaac Guion [Received 3 July, 1797] [War Office] [To Captain Guion] [Enclosing Copy of a letter sent to Gen^l. Wilkinson & instructions for [undecipherable] of Cape Ci[undecipherable] — Is was meant that [the] Capt. may [have] left — [Fort?] [undecipherable] on [to?] Detroit from acting holding [as] Capt. [undecipherable]]

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Frontispiece to an enclosed letter written to General Wilkinson; rationale being that the enclosed orders would affect Capt. Guion, who appears to have been posted to Fort Washington, but that the general might not receive them in time for them to be of use. Thus Guion is furnished with a copy of the letter to Wilkinson. Enclosed letter is Doc 1797060900201.