Lines 28^th March 1796 Dear Sir, On my return Home I found the Rec^d and Papers which I send you, by Sam^l Phipps, they were by Chance put into my Adjutants Chest, and sent by him to Bennington the Winter before our Retreat, this was unknown to me; I supposed they were with the other in my Chest, I likewise send you the Disposition of Phipps with my own You will find some accounts of Breeches &c. which [undecipherable] the request of the Captains, [undecipherable] with my Money, and delivered them for the use of their Companies, which you will see ought to be charged to their Acc^ts among those Districts, as well as in the Rec^t Book which you have as I wish you'd be so kind as to send me by Phipps in certificates to the amount of my Commutation let the remainder be in your hands until a Settlement is comp[le]ated I have a chance to dispose of them at [undecipherable] on the Pound for a good Favour I have one more request to make of [undecipherable] not one to myself, you know that the Abstract I left with you was for Money without any Depreciation, which ought like all others to