[from d^o to Snudder answ^d July 15. 84 , ny.] Elizabeth Town 16 [undecipherable] 1784 Sir/ I [undecipherable] the United States in order to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Months pay & Subsistence after [undecipherable] [undecipherable] There [undecipherable] for answer that M^r Hodg[undecipherable] had gone to Congress to receive authority to [undecipherable] Payments for that purpose as it was not in his Power to Draw a Warrant. — Then Sir [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I am disappointed, that after suffering as much as Man could almost undergo & having [undecipherable] [undecipherable] My Country since [undecipherable] little [undecipherable] being three [undecipherable] & a half [undecipherable] I am now not known nor [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I therefore must look once more to you to [undecipherable] Your Opinion whether I had best wait on you to Make a Certificate or in that manner to further proceed, as I am determined to settle my accounts by going in [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. I am Sir with the Great respect & Esteem Your Hble Ser^t My Compliments to M^r Hammond. if you please William Sn[undecipherable] [undecipherable] to return me an answer by M^r Cochran [undecipherable] Prince [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on [undecipherable]