Henry Knox, Secretary of War, War Department, to Lieutenants of the counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington, and Allegany in Pennsylvania, and Ohio in Virginia

Letter reminds lieutenants of Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Alleghany Counties, Pennsylvania, and Ohio County, Virginia, to submit to Congress requests for monetary reimbursement to pay for use of rangers to protect the frontier from Native American hostilities and informs them that the army will replace rangers in providing further protection.Number twenty-four of a collection of twenty-four hand-copied documents bound into a letterbook titled Defensive protection of the frontiers