[Docket: 15 June 1798 / J. [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / Philadelphia / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]] Dear Sir [Po[undecipherable] 4] I take the [undecipherable: liberty?] [undecipherable] to you a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in my [undecipherable: judgment?] is [undecipherable: extremely?] well [undecipherable: written?], and [undecipherable] important subject handled in [undecipherable] manner [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The spirit of our young men could be very easily brought into the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] under the Provisional Army [undecipherable]. this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] upon [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & perhaps [undecipherable] some of our [undecipherable: elections?]. as this subject is now [undecipherable] your [undecipherable: Attention?] will you think of [undecipherable] in a [undecipherable: Sketch?] of what you [undecipherable] think the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in order to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to appoint officers. — It would of course [undecipherable] understood that the men would not be called to [undecipherable] out of their Country, except in case of extreme Necessity [undecipherable: Gen.?] Wilkinson sailed [undecipherable] a week since and we are [undecipherable: informed?] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable: third?] day after leaving this place. — [undecipherable] Gen. has been [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] in his [undecipherable], here, and his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] has produced some good [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & opposing by all Means [undecipherable] the French into Florida. —[undecipherable] [undecipherable] from thence [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] alarmed at the reports of [undecipherable] it might be easily [undecipherable] whether [undecipherable] [undecipherable] think [undecipherable] for a cooperation in [undecipherable] is now a prospect of their [undecipherable] [undecipherable] We hear nothing [undecipherable] —[undecipherable] that any arrangements have been made by the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] remove over the ^{[undecipherable: Missip:?]} River, as was [undecipherable] — On [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a reason to believe that the [undecipherable: Spaniards?] are [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] —[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] traders — the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Be so [undecipherable] as to present my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to M[undecipherable] [undecipherable] & believe me to remain very [undecipherable] Dear Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant. [undecipherable signature] [Secretary of War. —]