[Page 1 is wholly illegible.] [State of Rhode Island &c] Providence Nov. 1[undecipherable] 1795 Sir, The two Brigs Sir, [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] acquainted me by your letter of the [undecipherable] of July last, were ordered from [undecipherable] to Newport, have not yet arrived. [I] therefore to request, pursuant to [a] Resol[undecipherable] of the General Assembly at their [Session?] in October last, that they may be [undecipherable] immediately forwarded — I am, with respect, your ob^t & humble Serv^t. A. Tanner James M^cHenry Esq. Sec^y at War.