[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] sion [undecipherable] [undecipherable] company has [undecipherable] where I expect he now is or soon will be. it is not impossible that the alarming indisposition of [P]inckney may have engaged for a considerable time past much of the Generals solicitude and attention, and his removal with her to Rhode Island has also abstracted him from the business of his comma- nd these circumstances, may occasion a postponement to too late a period of such measures as are requisite to insure the best winter- quarters for the three Regiments destined to be cantoned at or near Harpers ferry, I should request you to take such steps as you may think necessary, to ascertain the fittest ground for their quarters, and to gain such information, relative to the price or rent of land and wood in that quarter and other circumstances essential to a good choice. I have the honor to be, With great respect Sir, Your Obedient Humble Servant James McHenry [General Alexander Hamilton]