Philad^a 29 March 1799 D^r Sir. I have just recd. your letter of the 25 th. inst. The house readmitted into the Bill the three additional Lieutenants to each Regiment. You may therefore send me [strikethrough: reoctaoon] three names, I may calculate on two of them at least being sucessfue [strikethrough: candidates]. M^r Faber Huntington has entered into trade, thence has prevented him from accepting. Joseph Atwell, Eben. Learned and Peter Medics Ensigns have also declined their Appointments. Who will be fit persons [undecipherable] their niches? I am D^r, yours sincerely James McHenry [Urble ate Tracy]