Philadelphia July 14. 1784 Sir I beg [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] William Blagon who has been Secretary to Major General Gates and Interpreter for the Northern Department, not being taken up for the settlement of his depreciation by any state in [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [having] applied to me for his settlement and adjustment of his [claims] I have accordingly attended to his request and find agreeably to the enclosed certificates [for the above however] that he has due to him the sum of $1,869^20/90 Dols— he has requested me to inform you that he presumes his [undecipherable: situation] [undecipherable: education] agreeable to the principles adopted by you respecting Officers who do not belong to the [undecipherable] of any state, will entitle him to receive one fifth of this sum in money — I believe he is not to be considered as a foreign [undecipherable], but as Major Clarkson, Franks, Giles & [undecipherable: McPherson], [undecipherable] not being taken up by [the] states [undecipherable] entitled for and [received] one fifth of