[Page 1 of this document is marked "Illegible Text" by the archive: Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically.] [Endorsement on cover: From Maj. [undecipherable] / 1784 Aug. 8 / New-Jersey / pay master General / [undecipherable]] [Filing notations at head of letter: [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] / Walt. De Second — / S[o]t [undecipherable] / Letter to all [the?] [undecipherable] PP —— / Sec { [undecipherable] shows [undecipherable] — Second / General Index Military Civil.] [undecipherable] are [ious?] to head [?] [?] [finally?] [Sent?] my accounts to [N?]. Excuse the many a letter I wrote to you on the subject, my anxiety of getting over such [tedious?] matter & [your?] not answering my [undecipherable] the sufficiently apol[o]gizes [first?]. To satisfy me fully now there only remains for you to [send?] me an order on [undecipherable] for my present [subsistence?] in the [extra?] year 1783 ... [these?] notes having still [now?] been [contention?] between [us?] and [also?] [undecipherable] the commander in chief actually allowed a [present?] [rations?] [owed?] to a [Capt?] of cavalry, he declined giving me an order on the pay office until [convinced?]... [Is?] there [good?] enough either to [send?] me an order directly on [the?] [line?] or if [it?] never [came?] from the [board?] of [war?] to [obtain?] [me?] to drop a line to [Carleton?] [than?] [alone?] or the [would?] [be?] [very?] [troublesome?] [or?] [?] order [my?]self expecting to [set?] by the next [post?] [?] [once?] [message?] [?] [I'll?] probably take a [leave?] to [visit?] [some?] [power?] and take a [final?] leave of my friends there where I [flatter?] my[self?] to [miss?] you believe me with true regard & [friendship?] your affectionate [undecipherable] [his/this?] [piece/niece?] [?] [acting?] muster general