[Copy] Philadelphia July 1^th [17]84 Sir I have receiv'd yours of the first Instant — when you pay postage for public letters you ought to charge it in your contingent account — in such case it will be well to take the recept of the Post master — It is a principle which cannot be deviated from [that] [undecipherable] two [undecipherable] cannot be allowed to [have the] same Corps — whether the strength [or] situation [and] other circumstances clearly and decidedly [undecipherable] it necessary that Capt [undecipherable] [should] be continued to the end of the war [in h]is station & the line you mention, or whether their appointments were proper or not you will consider yourself at liberty to inquire concerning [undecipherable], allowing both if you are perfectly satisfied of the propriety — It — Surgeons of Infantry and Horse have the augmentation [undecipherable] of Infantry only and all equal pay since [undecipherable] 1780 — [undecipherable] applied [undecipherable] for the allowances of [undecipherable] but did not act upon it, they will no doubt have a proper allowance — A. Dancourt [July: 17. 1784 — Mr.: Dancourt — Copied]