[undecipherable] [undecipherable] October 3 1799 [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] do not propose [for?] the [convey?] [undecipherable] cost the United States [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [terms?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] would give orders to the [Purse?] [undecipherable] [number?] [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] number of boats [42?] [undecipherable] at [the?] [undecipherable] [clear?] [undecipherable] I [enclose?] you copies of Orders [respecting?] supplying the [undecipherable] for the [comp?] [undecipherable] [intended?] to be [received?] for the [Secon?] [Dragoons?] — I [submitted?] the letter to be [undecipherable] [enclosed] in yours of [undecipherable] 20 Septem[ber] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] before [an?] [undecipherable] 20 [undecipherable] [attention?] on the [undecipherable] the [With?] Respect James McHenry [undecipherable] Hamilton