West Point July 25. 1784 This day N^o series N^o 82 — I wish M^r Hodgdon would be careful to whom he gives store as some who have received have had a settlement and [undecipherable] of service a long time and most of the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] have been settled with & obtained their certificates — I have made it a rule to deduct from the amount that comes nearest to the time when the articles were issued, of course the clothing received in [undecipherable] by the [undecipherable] Reg^t ought to be deducted from the To assist [undecipherable] the accounts of the Delaware [undecipherable] account nearest and a register to make out the certificates by will be sufficient. The charge against the 8^th Dep^t of Aug^t 23. 1780 ought to be Capt. John Riley, in lieu of [undecipherable] — L^t Munroe N^o 150 [undecipherable] del^t [&] 9.99 1782 for Jan^y & on the 18 of March 1782 N^o 195 [undecipherable] del^t for February subsistence. The forms requested are already sent on.