[no.] Philadelphia June 19. 99 You asked me to describe the person of to whom I Rec^d the papers as [Greenvile?] — He was a tall slender man. These papers [were?] for Canada, and I you remember, was so importunate as to be the instrument of communication. When M^r. [Burrus?] was communicating with the [gens?] at [underline: Natchez] on that Subject, I endeavoured to impress him with the idea of my total ignorance of gen^l. Wilkinson being suspected, so that I had any conception that he was possibly concerned in that affair; which made M^r. [Burrus?] extremely cautious how he expressed himself, and produced manifest confusion in the arrangement of his intentions, and was frequently at a loss [how] they might injure the business, if they proceeded on the supposition that gen^l. [Wayne?] had gained information of importance — and this, Sir, I believe to have been the only [underline: Reason] that the [se]cured on my liberty and perhaps my distance This M^r. [Burrus?] is an artful insinuating man, and every way calculated to carry into effect any Scheme where intrigue is necessary. He was of opinion that though gen^l. Wilkinson had been the author of all the mischiefs which had taken place in the U.S., from his superiority of understanding, he [would be] enabled to render himself independent of censure — and that gen^l. [underline: Wayne] was only exhibiting his ignorance to the World in attacking such a man — That gen^l. Wilkinson has Rec^d. large sums of money from Spain is a matter of publics notoriety at Natchez Ymo, Sir, your [signature: undecipherable]