[Colonel Mc Henry. Secretary at War favored by } Philadelphia— Cap^t. Duandille of the Bride] [seal] [Docket, inverted: [undecipherable] p. m. / [undecipherable: probable reading Chs. C. Pinckney] / [undecipherable: probable reading Sep^r. 19. 1797] / Rotterdam] (Duplicate.) Rotterdam Sep^r. 19^th. 1797. Dear Sir, By this opportunity (the Adelaide Capt. [undecipherable: probable reading Haven] via Baltimore) I send you the Military Regulations during the time of the French Republic; they were to have been sent above three months ago, but by some mistake were postponed. [undecipherable: probable reading Briquets] Military Code is not in print, I am informed, [strikethrough: I am informed] a new edition is preparing which when published, I will procure and transmit to you, and any thing I may meet with here and of reputation in that line. Gen^l. Marshall and myself are now upon our passage to Paris; you will hear by my letters and enclosed papers to the Secretary of State, and M^r. Monroe's communications to you of our [undecipherable] of Transactions in Paris; these transactions are [undecipherable] connections we have [undecipherable], that our presence at this junction [Col^o. Mc Henry, Secretary of War] Paris might be important, and the delay of our journey imputed to very false and improper motives, have induced Gen^l. Marshall and myself to set out for Paris, more particularly as M^r. [undecipherable: probable reading Pinise] the Agent of the Union, the vessel in which M^r. Gerry is to sail from Boston, writes word to the Consul at Rotterdam that she is to call at Havre; I have therefore written to that port to request M^r. Gerry to proceed from thence to Paris, without coming round by Holland. We shall not commence any direct negotiations, before we are joined by M^r. Gerry, without circumstances should indicate great probable advantages. Since I do not expect, for so much reliance is placed in France, on the internal divisions in America, and so large a party is there to be more attached to French measures than to the interests of our Country, that the I am convinced that opinion is erroneous, yet as it is entertained by men in power, I am apprehensive our negotiations will be very difficult, and my hopes of Success are not at all Sanguine. — I remain Very Dear Sir, with great regards and esteem Your most ob^t humble Servant [underline: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]