New york July 7, 1787 Your Letter of June [undecipherable] with one from M[r] Carleton I have — I am almost confident [th]at you two Gentlemen are the only military [undecipherable] in full Virtue, and [there?] one [or] two, up[on] [who?] I have acted infinitely more, than I ever did while the [undecipherable] Army was present, [during] the last [six] months of my service, [can?] [be] deprived of its Rights, without a particular [ac]t from the Authority who gave it, for that purpose expressly, and it gives [me] the great[est?] pain to think, that any Men of sensibility, who ever knew the Character of M[c]K[undecipherable] [are of opin]ion which could conceive him capable of such a Dishonourable, such a Rosa[?] act, as to relinquish a [Right?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] merely for the purpose of continu[ing] [servi]ce, your M[r] Pierce shou[ld?] soon [undecipherable: Re]listinguish me to the [true?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] then persuade me t[o] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] parts to the disapoint[ment?] [of?] Congress such a clear Questi[on?] [be] determined; [undecipherable] the[re] a Commit[tee?] [is?] proposed by an officer in actua[l?] and which had never [undecipherable] to b[e] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] into the [undecipherable] to the [S?] [ea?]ts of such [Commission?], or not; [the?] [is?] worth the writing I have bestowed on [it?], The Right, The Justice I urge, the Ca[se?] [is?] most clear indeed, and as a friend I s[ay?] a Reason, of [yours?], or McC[arleton?]; [undecipherable] [determination?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] determine Military Capri[ce?] [sh]ould [feel?] think improper [to?] [op?]pose a demand [founded?] in suc[h?] [Ri]ghts, and Propriety as mine is, I beg [you] to be so good as to write me by [the?] [undecipherable] [determination?] I am with great respect your most Obedient Sumner M[r]. Pierce