[undecipherable] Mississippi Territory May 6^th [undecipherable] M^r William McIntosh a Brother to M^r [undecipherable] and a respectable planter of this Country will have the honour to hand you this Letter — I am certain my dear Sir I need not say more to insure for him the Kind Civilities so gen- erally and very much esteemed from your wife — his Stay in [undecipherable] I should [undecipherable] probably be very short as his main Object I believe to be the purchase of Slaves he will no doubt proceed on to Virginia or may[undecipherable] taking up to [undecipherable] as my per- [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] he will very much rely upon your Judgement as to the most proper for accomplishing his desires and [undecipherable] Characters to rely upon — be good en- ough [undecipherable] to give him a Line to [undecipherable] of your [undecipherable] in Virginia or Maryland that may sufficiently effect his purposes so far as to dis[undecipherable] — and Advantage his negotiations and the [undecipherable] way of conveying his Purchases to this Country — Believing I may benefit an Infant Child by a sooner purchase of this Kind [undecipherable] a few [undecipherable] Wenches for Example and at the same Time very much accommodate our Plantation — this has ever been [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] M^r McIntosh may [undecipherable] interest me in the Object of his Journey — I calculate upon having in your hands Monies [undecipherable] by your last [undecipherable] an Addition of nine months delay — In this I wish [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] Demand [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Virginia Lands I suppose [undecipherable] payments have [undecipherable] made, a [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to ask you to give M^r McIntosh a Letter of Credit for one thousand Dol[lars] — he may find an opportunity to buy it out for my Advantages — upon the Subject of the — Virginia Lands I must request your Attention — Allen [undecipherable] has of [undecipherable] written me he has [undecipherable] the Deed — that it must be rec- orded that [undecipherable] the States [undecipherable] were due upon them — your [undecipherable] I suppose [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to ask him to [undecipherable] rely especially in this Business, and to what is proper — would it not be advisable to [undecipherable] — I shou[ld] not be able to at[tend] personally to any of my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of another year — if you [undecipherable] may obtain useful Information upon it — a person particularly indebted — me they [are] very worthy just [undecipherable] [undecipherable] &[undecipherable] [undecipherable] transmit it to Ben[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] a be[fore] the middle Oct[ober] at [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] — I am told of some very extraordinary pro- ceedings in Congress relative to this [undecipherable] as it [undecipherable] so much Wisdom [undecipherable] have been imposed up[on] or [undecipherable] a [undecipherable] from abs[undecipherable] and bad men (generally [undecipherable] have produced measures that can be [undecipherable] with no [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I end and may well very m[uch] — national [undecipherable] — please [undecipherable] me know all about it — [undecipherable] Surprise you know — our very worthy [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] also [undecipherable] in leaving the Country [undecipherable] — my little [undecipherable] was en- cumbered to discharge my Duties to the [undecipherable] I am told there is "[undecipherable]" with powerful means [undecipherable] — that a M^r Burr[undecipherable] — that your especial Friend W— [undecipherable] have em[undecipherable] to a[undecipherable] me here — is it true? — Do you know any thing about it? there is nothing I more desire than an Inves- tigation [undecipherable] my [undecipherable] in Conduct Yours Most sincerely [undecipherable] *[Let me have preceding [undecipherable] from your last Accounts rendered in NW Territory never rec[eive]d it — [undecipherable] you have men- tioned to [undecipherable] sent by the Way of Orleans —]