[Phil. M[undecipherable] [undecipherable] March [undecipherable]] [Copy of a Letter] [Insp[undecipherable] [undecipherable] to] [Col. M'Kee] [Nov. 17] [(90)] Philadelphia March 17^th 1797 Dear Jack, I now tell you in Earnest that at [undecipherable] o'clock tomorrow, I go on board the Ship French [undecipherable] for ole England — [undecipherable] by the United States — [Innumerable] for Foreign [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] you were more seriously — ma[undecipherable] Damn C. D. H. & [undecipherable] D. H. — down all the rest I pray — The Honourable J. Co. & the Life of one is the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] and the gain of 2 to be plain Jack — I will conjure [over?] be damned, [undecipherable] me be known to you & fear I may never [undecipherable] you [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] me to tell you that from my Heart and Soul I sincerely wish you well and we Shall [esteem?] you for your conduct is [undecipherable] in Philadelphia, when [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] is no Recommendation, I am determined to Dye or after [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] I will write you my love to Davisson, Lively, and d. Mc. Miller Farewell — John [undecipherable] Col. John M'Kee [Plain?] [Buck?] [Leave?] State of Tenn[undecipherable] via [undecipherable] Post — A True Copy of the [undecipherable] of the Original forwarded to the Secretary of War the 11^th September 1797 Stephen Willis David Henley