[March 16 1784 — Copied [undecipherable]] N^o 29 West Point March 16. 1784 [5 B 1 [undecipherable]] I this moment received your two favors numbers 34 & 35— I shall attend to the accounts inclosed as soon as posible— I am sorry M^r Hodgdon continues to refuse to [undecipherable] entitled at this place as all their accounts are closed and the publick must loose the money— The Surgeons Mates are allowed no commutation— The gratuity is allowed only to those who inlisted for the war and continued to the end thereof— The resolves inclosed me refers to one for my division of June 26. 1784, which I have not received, I wish you to obtain it for me, either from M^r Carleton or the [undecipherable] office and [undecipherable] it to me imme- diately as it may be very [undecipherable] to the business— I am sincerely yours, For Howell Esquire [undecipherable]