War Departm^t 12^th June 1798 Sir Nothing of importance has occurred since your departure - and I have delayed - untill the post hour in the purpose of reading - a number of letters - chiefly acceptances to - and some relative to fortifications from the [undecipherable] and others - the latter I cannot now send - but will submit to M^r Pickering an application to the President, from certain Lieutenants in the western corps of the [undecipherable] - was this day received under cover to you - I shall consult M^r [undecipherable] about immediately [undecipherable] brigades, to the President or [undecipherable] and get it in to me - In running over it - we will find new [undecipherable] about which you did not mention to me - the inclosed papers explain it - [undecipherable] - not [undecipherable] and it is one to the [undecipherable] it appears to me - almost as broad as [undecipherable] fortunes - The Baron Adrian is arrived and brings us no letters from Cap^t Dale - nothing material - but as he was at, and would have remains at the Station - suppose - it was [undecipherable] - that a boat was at 3 0'clock yesterday - dispatched with the last letter to him - [undecipherable] shall be hasty to send to from the store - a set of fortifications - and the English [undecipherable] - procured by [undecipherable] I inclose a letter and an important one from your friend Murray - addressing one to the President which I have delivered - also one from [undecipherable] Salomon - No Senate - the Navy are not heard of - Your and my families are well - I am Sir with great respect y^r most obed^t. servant John Caldwell [Secretary of War -]