[undecipherable] at [undecipherable] letter convey'd by my father going [undecipherable] from Peterburg cannot reach me time [enough] in answer by the returning Post— he [undecipherable] ma[undecipherable] at my Post, I request while The War Office is [undecipherable] at Trenton, that you would address and my letters without being [endorsed?] as has been usually done— the Post Office is at hand and in this way, I shall get my letters seasonably The alarm has been general, and the [effect?] is produced almost without a cause— the entire [undecipherable] of our City, is nearly ruined, as I think for want of a very little firmness and consideration— I am Sir Your [Most?] Ob^t Servant [signature: undecipherable] Major Isaac Craig—