[John Pierce Esquire Pay master General Philadelphia] [notation:] from [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / Pay [undecipherable] New York N° 26 Grand [Duke?] Street May 20, 1794 D. Pierce I [wrote?] you — a Days since by [late?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] boys regarding the [favor?] of a Certificate of What Amount of Pay [undecipherable] [undecipherable] had received [as?] [Deputy?] Pay Master General, but as I have had no answer thereunto I have got a Law of the States in my favor for my [undecipherable] [three?] [Charles?] Months pay [once?] more. I am [undecipherable] [the?] necessity of applying [to?] you for such [undecipherable] [Pray?] I have no [undecipherable] to enable me [undecipherable] [to?] [settle?] my Accounts [some?] [attempt?] at present. [You?] [undecipherable] have the [Pay?] [undecipherable] Books here [and?] [doubtless?] [can?] [back?] you will [undecipherable] [identify?] [the?] Amount. It [behoves?] me to have my Certificate with[in] — Month as I [shall?] not only lose an Opportunity of [closing?] but they [will?] not be so effectual in Value. I am [therefore?] to [entreat?] you to [send?] me the Certificate [requested?], [enable?] me [a?] Order [of?] [undecipherable] As [U?]... [People?] my letter has [come?] [undecipherable] I [shall?] [give?] you to be more bold by suggesting to you a Certificate [when?] it will be [undecipherable] [as?] [soon?] as I [remove?] my [Pay?] [shall?] not be Dollars [amount?] for the [use?] of the Commonwealth, only [you?]... You shall receive [from?] on my Acco^t at Phil^a in which Case I wish You to [deliver?] that amount in your Hand. Pray be so good as to [settle?] my Accounts as [Quartermaster?] & also Subsistence for 1791 which [Lieut?] [Genl?] [undecipherable] at West Point. The form of the Certificate required [will?] be like the following, in [total?] Purport: "I do certify that it appears from the "Resolutions of Congress that Lieut Col^o Richard "Varick was appointed a Deputy [Pay?] [Master?] "Master General, on the twenty fifth Day of "September 1776, and was discharged the "12^th Day of January 1780. And I do "further certify, that it appears from the "Pay Master & Deputy Pay Master Generals "Books now in my charge that he has "received [several?] Sums of Money on Acc^t "of his Pay amounting in the whole "to Dollars & 29^1/2 ninetenths in Specie Value "As Witness my Hand this Day "of May 1794." John Pierce P.M.G. To whom it may concern The preceding I think, upon Reflection, better than the one I wished for before. However either will answer, but I suppose this is perfectly void of Suspicion. I am persuaded [you?] will oblige me by dispatching this Business [during?] [undecipherable] with every Sentiment of [the?] [highest?] Esteem Your Obed^t Serv^t Rich^d Varick S^r [M?] [W?] [McLean?] And^er[son?]