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Mount Vernon June 6, 1799 | Mount Vernon June 6, 1799 | ||
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Dear Sir, | Dear Sir, | ||
− | I have been [duly forward?] with youe letters of the | + | I have been [duly forward?] with youe letters of the 11<sup>th</sup>, 19<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> of last month with their inclosures. |
− | Deferring to my letter of the 13<sup>th</sup> [ | + | Deferring to my letter of the 13<sup>th</sup> [undecipherable] for the reasons which [undecipherable] my having a personal knowledge of such Characters in Virginia, as may [undecipherable] to be selected for Officers in the [undecipherable] or provisional Army -- and leaving [undecipherable] therein the difficulties which would arise from the extent of this State -- and that, in order to obtain the [necessary?] information, I must solicit the aid of others in whom confidence could be placed, [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] from a letter. I have received from General Marshall, and of one from General Lee, in answer to letters I had written to them on this subject. From there you will see that I have but little hope of aid from those quarters. and as in your letter of the 19 [undecipherable], you have stated the objections to a public official advertisement for bringing [undecipherable] forward such Characters as might wish to obtain Commissions, I shall still pursue the object in such a manner as I conceive, best calculated to answer the [undecipherable], notwithstanding the delicacy of the task, which, as I [undecipherable] to you in my [undecipherable] abovementioned, I should be obliged to [implore?] on others, as well as the unpleasant situation into which I may myself be brought, by raising expectations which may not be realized. |
When I mentioned in any [case?] the names of several person's acquainted with Engineering [undecipherable] I did not mean, as I then observed, to <u>accommend</u> them; but spoke of them merely as [undecipherable] through my mind. --At any rate I should think it improper to employ a Frenchman in that important station at <u>this</u> time. | When I mentioned in any [case?] the names of several person's acquainted with Engineering [undecipherable] I did not mean, as I then observed, to <u>accommend</u> them; but spoke of them merely as [undecipherable] through my mind. --At any rate I should think it improper to employ a Frenchman in that important station at <u>this</u> time. | ||
By a letter which I lately received from General [Pinkney?], I have reason to believe that Col. [?] would | By a letter which I lately received from General [Pinkney?], I have reason to believe that Col. [?] would |