[Endorsement, outer page: From [undecipherable] Draper / 6 May 1784] [remainder of outer page largely undecipherable due to document degradation] New York 22^d Ap^r 84 Sir I have requested M^r J^o Maylan to wait on you for my Commutation and One Months pay, which Months pay I expect you will let Him have in Cash as you will find by your Books that the Other Gent[lemen]. in the Hospital &c. it in Cash and their is no doubts if I had been present but I have rec^d. Likewise, I am sure that you w^d not wish me to be in a worse situation than the rest of the Gent[lemen]. in the same department [undecipherable]. I am Sir Y^r Most [Obt.] [signature: G. [undecipherable] Draper] [J^o Pierce Esq^r]