Secretary of War Quincy Sep^t 18^th 1799 Sir I have ruminated so long, upon the case of Andrew Anderson, that I am under some apprehensions, that my feelings have grown too strong, & produced a result, that will not appear to you, precisely right. I consider him & his associates, as every artful men & been probably considered as men of great consequence in that country. they had the influence to seduce a poor soldier to a crime for which they probably deserve to be punished as well as he. In encloseing the pardon endorsed, you may add, what solemnities you think fit. He may receive his pardon at the gallows, where it may be announced, that it will be the last time such a crime will be pardoned. Sec at War Quincy Sep^t 18 1799