SCOTT WINFIELD Letter Signed and Inscribed Wishing you credi

"YOU ARE DESTINED TO ACT . . . AGAINST . . . MEXICO WITH WHICH WE ARE AT WAR" SCOTT, WINFIELD. Letter Signed and Inscribed, "Wishing you credit & honour in the expedition," as Commanding General, to 2nd Lieutenant Christopher Q. Tompkins, ordering him and his men to board the USS Lexington bound for Mexico, reminding him to cooperate with naval command, explaining that it may be necessary to build and defend a fort, and describing how to requisition supplies. 3 1/2 pages, 4to, written on a folded sheet; moderate bleedthrough throughout, minor staining at lower edge of pages 3 and 4, folds. With the original envelope, addressed in his hand and additionally signed, postmarked. Washington, 20 June 1846