Dear Sir Pay Office Phil: January 20, 1785 I have now before me your several Letter of the 11 & 21 Add: & two lbs of the 15 Inst and [reg?] the Contents — I have examined Mr [Tumbus?] Books & do not find that Major [Charles?] now [on?] Bay, the two N°332-361 of W. [Tumbus?] [clearly?] are — or — in the [Begin?] H[d?] of the Book [case?], How General had an order from the War Office to pay him his Salary to the 15: No one [undecipherable]. I owe you [1?]00. Dollars by W. [Tammins?] the [20?] of last Mo under the [law?] of [a?] John R[o?]ll when [undecipherable] and by his [trust?] — [undecipherable] to your [request?]. I have [Accred?] your [Boy?] in the Public Books on Acct — I [sh?] now [send?] you [?] [for?] good [N?] to N York on re Certificate Papers to the [care?] of Mr John Rolt — will [make?] [—?] to [prove?] it — [undecipherable] on my [boat?] of the 3 Inst [are?]. I [wrote?] you [how?] not [Charles?] on was gone to [March?] & that he had not gone thro. The [Fragmen?][ations?] of the [Vouchers?]. [That?] [had?] could do nothing. Till his return from [undecipherable] [Capt?] — I have [since?] you by W. Morris? [dated 15 D —] [and?] for to [sign?] on the [line?] [?] 3000 Dollars in W. Morris Notes, & 1356 dollars in [undecipherable] for the Pay of the Salary of the [James?] [undecipherable] I [Dim?] [undecipherable] you now [transmiss?] one an Estimate of the Salary [nearly?] every [on?] [it?] — as he intends to Pay the Main in Money he [desires?] me to inform you, he could not Spend any more Money at Present, as he is Obliged to supply all the money that Comes in to the Treasury, to the [dis?][oney?] [?pens?] [Mrs?] that are become due. & he thinks you can raise Money on the Orders now Sent you to Answer your present [purpose?] — The 6000 Dollars [thence?] to W. [Warr?] [undecipherable] Ant: [far?] before but 1356 Dollars, we [wrote?] [Were?] to [have?] under what head we Shall [M?]orse [it?]. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] have not [read?] an [Suple?] Letter or Ans: from W. [Dare?] [Louis?] you [are?] [to?] [do?] him — I have also Wrote him [since?] — Mr [Claypoole?] tells me the [Answers?] [to?] [Corps?] from [Jane?] Last are not [printed?] [Back:] There was, in the Box of Funded [Bakers?] [sent?] you Some time ago, [Cir. Bedell's?] [Baker?] without Some Others [Sending?] [New?] [Bakers?] Mr. [Hopson?] says [Wrote?] you [by?] letters [N?] I must inform you that the money from G. B. [Laplane?] an order on [No.?] [Pickering?] in your [fav.?] or [Spr?] [He?] then [heg?] leave to inform you that M. [Bush?] in — [our?] [Bud?] [County?] and [im?] [in turn?] [undecipherable] the [railing?] [absentee?] We have not [deed?] the [Las?] [Mo?] [Return?] as [many?] I [very?] [invited?] if you [Need?] [is?] [one?] [upon?] to [Keep?] or [Open?] the Payments are [Completely?] [undecipherable] inform on in your [Note?] [undecipherable]