D^r Sir West Point July 15 1784 I this morning recei'd yours of the 8^th — I have in my possession your orders, which you transmitted to M^r Wilmore, and will send on M^r Morris's Notes your directions for for the amount of three Months and also Nov.^r December, when a safe opportunity presents itself. I will make the enquiry you request from the D^r Q^r Department [strikethrough: Deport for men] and [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] then [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] and transmit the money to you, at the second time I do the subsistence I if you make out your account for your rations in 1781, and give your orders in favor of any person to receive the certificate it will answer very present — you will draw your rations a day for the time at 10/90 of a dollar up to August 1, 1781 and 9/90 afterwards— I believe you omitted to send me the copy of the resolution of Congress, you requested my opinion on, as I cannot find it among your papers enclosed in your letter. I believe you have already an account of all the monies drawn by you, but I am unable to give you the real value of these payments as the State on their settlement will you will receive their [undecipherable] money agreeably to their own scale & they sign [undecipherable] adopted by them in their settlement will [XZV18]