War Department 3^rd May 1799. Sir In reply to your letter of the 6^th of February last I present my acknowledgments to you and the [undecipherable] ness who concurred in a desire to compliment me on the naming of the Fort at Portland. I have, however, authorised General [undecipherable] to cause it [strikethrough: hereafter] to be called Fort [strikethrough: Sam] after the present patriotic Governor of Massachusetts I am Sir, with respect Your most [undecipherable: Obed^t H^ble] James McHenry Cap^t. Amos Stoddard