[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Cincinnati January the 26^th 1798 — Dear Sir yesterday I received from you a Letter of [undecipherable: every?] as I D[undecipherable] to and with it three from [undecipherable: Barton?], for which I suppose I am to you indebted — the m[undecipherable] [undecipherable] me some [undecipherable: handkerchiefs?] but they have not [undecipherable: arrived?] and shewed they have on me to be I [undecipherable: repaid?] the [undecipherable] patterns are in the very great as it is quite out of our power here to [undecipherable: continue?] the [undecipherable] you in Phila[undecipherable: delphia?] which is no need written so [undecipherable] a mistake, to need understand this: — I am very impatient to get some [undecipherable: late?] [undecipherable: Letter?] from you — you must [undecipherable: particularly?] [undecipherable: address?] — on this [undecipherable: interest?] — any being more Explicit — too over, what is [undecipherable: lying?] in the great World? Are you preparing for war? I [undecipherable: heard?] are [undecipherable: here?] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] we [undecipherable: chose?] to use our [undecipherable] in this [undecipherable: frontier?] — but for the Savages we [undecipherable: cannot?] manage them too very well — [undecipherable] [undecipherable: ment?] to [undecipherable] and [undecipherable: Factors?] we need a [undecipherable: precise?] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — to the [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] that we should be [undecipherable: long totally?] have [undecipherable: indeed?] these cherishing a Disposition among the Indians which [undecipherable: might?] attend [undecipherable] with such [undecipherable: serious?] [undecipherable: consequences?] [undecipherable] that matters, however, must hereafter be [undecipherable: Acted?] [undecipherable] — present my best regards to M^rs H and believe me sincerely yours Winthrop [undecipherable: Sargent?] my [undecipherable: Letters?] [undecipherable: by a private?] — [undecipherable] — if you please —