Page 3 is unreadable (corrupt file). Here is the transcription of the legible pages: --- [undecipherable] Nov. 26^th 1799 3 My dear Sir I am apprised that I shall appear importunate, but as you have done me the honour to communicate with me on the subject of the subse-rection, I trust you will excuse me, for troubling you again with one or two remarks on the means of suppressing it. I confess I shudder at the consequences which may result from attempting this subject with too bold a tone. The people to be dealt with, a peasant [undecipherable], in mourning & ruined. Their leaders who [undecipherable] an undue influence over their minds, are [undecipherable] to the full length of [undecipherable]. They are infused with an [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] prevails every where, and that this government, threatened on every side, cannot collect [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] them. The County [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] of its own making, not [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as a proof of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on the part of the [undecipherable], [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ought the [undecipherable], in a case of this kind, to [undecipherable] from the War Department to the [undecipherable]? ought he to be required to judge about the question of force? It is with you to decide, and I am persuaded that you will decide wisely, on these various questions. but I cannot help expressing, in the strongest & most decided manner, my conviction that every [undecipherable] of sound [undecipherable] requires the whole of the [undecipherable] & regular [undecipherable] to be put immediately in motion. [undecipherable] of marching the whole [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] it might be sufficient to advance about twenty miles to some convenient point, and then send forward into the County a Detachment of [undecipherable] & infantry. but I should advise marching the whole to Bethlehem — the The best [undecipherable]. I am my dear Sir, with great affection & [undecipherable] yours most sincerely [Rob. G. Harper?] [26 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [undecipherable]