Sir

In answer to your letter of the 18th inst I am to acquaint you That my command does not extend to Canada, nor having received any Accounts wherein the name of [Ethan] Allen is mentioned, I cannot give you the smallest Satisfaction upon the subject of your letter; But trusting Major General Carleton's conduct will never incur censure upon any occasion, I am to conclude in the instance of your enquiry that he has not forfeited his past pretensions to decency & humanity.

It is with regret, considering the character you have always maintained among your friends as a Gentleman of the strictest honor and delicacy, That find cause to resent a sentence in the conclusion of your letter big with Invective against my Superiors, and insulting to myself, which Should obstruct any farther intercourse between us. I am sir [&c.]