[undecipherable] War Department, Trenton, September 20^th 1799. Upon the repeated representation of Judge [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] pri[s]on[ers] of [undecipherable] soldiers to be sha- [undecipherable] action [undecipherable] prisoners confined in Norristown Goal, and his [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] order to [undecipherable] [William?] for the purpose, I deem[ed] it to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the enclosed as a copy. I return your let- ter from [undecipherable] [yesterday?]. [undecipherable] it may [be advisable?] to [modify?] [undecipherable] you think it proper to relieve the Guard which may [have?] been ordered by Major [William?] from the troops at Reading. With great respect, I have the honor to be, Sir, your ob^t. Servant, James McHenry [Maj. General Alexander Hamilton]