[from John Whiting West Point Febry 12. 1784 Enterd] West Point February 12. 1784 Dear Sir, I beg leave to trouble you with the care of the enclosed to be delivered I wish you may have less trouble and fatigue than we are obliged to wade through at this Office I will thank you to present my affectionate compliments to Mess^rs [undecipherable: Andubirt], Reed & Beatty, and others I may have had the happiness to be acquainted with. I am, Dear Sir, with the very Sentiment of esteem your most Obed^t &c John Whiting [Cap^t Howell]