Sir— You are hereby required to proceed witho[u]t delay, to ,— and delivr <​to​> <​Gove[r]nor​>, the <​of th.​> commander in chief of the militia of , the accompanying letter, Marked, <​(A)​> and return his answer with your proceedings to me witho[u]t delay You will also make such verbal communicati[o]n <​to th[e] as th[e] nature of the case may require​>

P. S. If you have not expen[se] money call for it when you can get it and it shall be f[o]rthcoming. soon [14 lines blank] [p. [1]]