Sir

Mr pain being gone to the camp I have Taken the liberty to trouble you with a answer to your Letter Capt biddle goodness I know will excuse the Writeing and the Stile. with a heart full of greif for the Fate of a worthy brother obligd to Smother that greif For fear of more distressing an aged father, the prayers of that father and Sister Shall attend and wish you Success in all your undertakeings for your humannity And trouble you took tho without effect for his release² Poor fellow his letter has a most broke his father heart To think their insults is not enough but to threaten To wip him two but Shure they dare not do it? heaven and earth will avenge our cause and Such Wretches will not go unpunished? I waited upon Mr hancock With your letter he told me a copy of my brothers letter Was yestarday read in Congress that an order was gone For his immediate release that he was very Sorry to hear of his ill usage and would do all that laid in his power to forward his exchange and that he Should have all the redress in their power to give ー Such Assurance has a little abated our trouble as I am in hopes in a little wile, he will be with you again I do Not dought your Still useing your interrest when the order arrive to forward his exchange Should you have An oppurtunity to Send to him please to let him know We are as well as we can be wile he is prisoner amongst Savages that was enough but to hear he is used ill is Double trouble but I hope he will live to repay them Back the whole! his father begs you will accept his Thanks for what you have done for him? for my Self I will ever retain a gratefull Sence of what Capt Biddle has done to Serve my Brother