[Private] War Office 5^th Nov^r 1797. Sir. You will be pleased to deliver the enclosed letter to [undecipherable] as soon after your arrival [undecipherable] answer as possible. It contains [undecipherable] [undecipherable] drawn in Bank notes of the United States for [undecipherable] you also on reaching New Orleans inquire for [undecipherable: St. Clair?] [undecipherable] if you can find him, [undecipherable] the above mentions two dollars in like notes. By my last letter from [undecipherable] he was at Pensacola but as an agent to the Cherokee nation and charged with [undecipherable] business of a [undecipherable] nature. I write to you that your inquiries for him should be guarded to prevent suspicions. In case he should not be at New Orleans what you do not meet with a conveyance to him that may be safely trusted with the letter, you will carry it with you and deliver it to me after your arrival in Georgia. with great respect I am Sir your ob^t James McHenry Major [undecipherable] Bowman.