Your favors of the 27 and 28th of April did not come to my hands until Yesterday, along with a letter from Brigadr Monckton of the 23d May. This Delay of his Majesty's and your Dispatches, in the Northern Post Office, of which I complain'd before, ought to be rectified, and I think ought to be forwarded by Express from the Several Offices, and let them Charge the Expence at Home to the General Post Office, otherwise all necessary Intelligence is at an End, as no Advices can be sent in time; since you are at such a Distance; I have wrote largely to Brigadr Monckton, the Situation we are in to the Southward, and to require a Supply upon the Apprehensions of a General Southern Indian War, which if so, Georgia must be lost, and South Carolina be in danger. As I hope before the date of this, you will be in Possession of Montreal and all Canada; I hope you will be able to spare Troops not only to End our Indian War but also to attack Mobille and Mississippi if your Instructions will support you wit, as it will be necessary to drive the french from this Continent to have future peace with them.

God Grant you Equal Success to that which you have had already, and that you may be the Scipio of America: for Delenda est Carthage—at least on this Continent.

I Refer you to General Monckton's letter and am, with great Respect, Sir,