War Departm. 27 Oct^r 1798 Sir. I had the honour to receive, on the 26 inst your letter dated the [strikethrough: Recency,] 17 [strikethrough: th] [undecipherable] enclosing me a letter from his Excellency Governor Jay, and a copy of an act of the Legislature of New York, with a copy of your answer to the Governor and of your letter to General Hamilton, and requiring me to submit these papers to the consideration of the heads of Departments and according to their judgments to confirm officially what you had done, [strikethrough: to] or let it remain as it is or reverse it. [strikethrough: The enclosed] Enclosed is a copy of the [strikethrough: papers to] [undecipherable: submission] I have accordingly [undecipherable] to the heads of Departments. I have the honour to be with [strikethrough: the] the sincerest attachment & John Adams Es^q P. U. S.