[Docket: Colo. McHenry / Rec'd [undecipherable] May / Ans'd [undecipherable] June 1799] [undecipherable] Colonel, [undecipherable] last, [undecipherable] on my [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] him on the [undecipherable] at 8 o'clock this [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] this [undecipherable] [Addressed to:] Lce Sumner [undecipherable] Philadelphia Cincinnata [undecipherable] the 27^th of May I thank you my dear Sir, for your Favour of the 7^th Inst. and for the Interest which you have taken at all Times in my concerns — The appointments you have announced to me would with [the Morris?] mentioned be agreeable, as it is better to be first than Second, if my health was only tolerable but indeed my Friend I am sick — my Physicians and Friends had advised Change of Air and to the South — Going South will probably be better for me, but as our Friend the Secretary has presented the same I must consider it a duty and a few years are not very material — I trust my [undecipherable] may be comfortable; as one in the Country, if my destination may possibly cause it to be conveniently so — I beseech you to conceal as much as possible my Indisposition from my [undecipherable] and in [to her] the worst least I trust you will cause the same to be properly communicated — remember me and Benjamin [undecipherable] Gilmer are my Executors I pray whether or not you have a Copy of my Will — I [undecipherable] leave however the same with Captain Harrison [undecipherable] who will furnish you with [a Copy] when [called for] — and also take Care of my Property there for your directions — a Merchant in India here whose name is John McLelland[undecipherable] my Sister will render some help at The Gleaner — be good enough to let them be addressed to Captain Harrison — I Trust my [underline: matters] and [underline: Things] expected from Philadelphia are now in hand — they are necessary to make me comfortable and to [undecipherable] my being an Order for my [undecipherable] — I am prompt you know always to be[undecipherable] though I should believe — indeed I know that without two of the Judges my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] would be extreme Awkward, for though men have heretofore governed, this Country as my destination, the Institution I [undecipherable] has now otherwise provided — I [undecipherable] enough my Friend to submit this to the Consideration of [undecipherable] Pickering — from your Situation you owe [undecipherable] I trust [undecipherable] it is in prosperity — I wrote unto him by last Post but in haste — I have again with him on the occasion — I have urged several matters to which I request his Attention particularly to an Estate for me in descending the river — I mention these things to you upon this Occasion as my letter goes by [undecipherable] to Pittsburgh and will probably outstrip the Post — My best wishes for M^rs H. your Family and rely Adieu W. Irvine [seal] Do not forget that I have long since written to you for two Thermometers.