[Left margin, rotated:] [Cancelled?] 27 June 1799 To K[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] naval force [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Center:] Jom[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Henry [undecipherable]— Hamilton very [undecipherable] present I have no [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] line and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] New York June 27. 1799 (19) It is a pity, My Dear Sir, and a reproach that our administration have no general plan. certainly there ought to be one formed without delay. If the chief is too desultory in his [undecipherable: probable reading: Measures] ought to be the more united and Steady — and well Settled— on some reasonable System of measures. Among the things It should be agreed what precise force should be created naval and land, and this proportioned to the State of our finances. It will be ruinous thus to raise troops and immediately afterwards to disband them. let Ships of the line & twenty frigates and Sloops of war are desirable — "more would not now be compatible of prudent — It is desirable to complete and increase the force which has been provided for by law — Besides eventual security against invasion we ought certainly to look to the possession of the Floridas & Louisiana — and we ought to [undecipherable] at South America. Is it possible that the accomplishment of these objects can be attended with financial difficulty.— I