[undecipherable] [undecipherable] To — Your favor of the 28. January I have Received, wherein you Acquaint me the Certificates would be made out in five day, and Lodged in the hands of the Paymaster, M^r. McKnight myself and one or Others have got the Bearer M^r. Th[undecipherable] [undecipherable] to go on to West point for the Express purpose of Renewing our Certificates Any Service Rendered him in dispatch of his Business or Civility shown shou^d be Gratefully Acknowledg[ed] by Sir your much [undecipherable] friend & neighbour Samuel Young John Pierce Esq^r. Pay Master General West Point [Rec'd. Feb^y 29. 1784]