[Copy] West Point 3^d Sept 1784 4 I received yours of 27^th & 28^th of August this day by M^r Maken I wrote you on 4^th of August by M^r Dunlap in Answer to yours of the 5^th — In which I have informed you fully of the Situation of the powder; it will not be in my power to furnish you with an Accurate return till the border is examined, after which I shall make every exertion to forward it. You will see by my Last letter what impediments is in the way of Compleating so Necessary a buisness, and hope it will not be imputed to any inattention or neglect of mine, as soon as I have Ascertained the quantity of Damaged powder which is in the Magazeens at Fort Clinton, I will Only Count the rest, as it will be too Late to Rise it this season, agreeable to your Known Orders to the Com- mandt all the powder that is taken Out each day if equal- ized, before it is put in, which makes a great deal more trou- ble than it would be Only to put it in the Same Casks again. So that with what men I have I Cannot take out more than fifty Barrells each day when fair weather. — I am Sir Your Very Humble Serv^t William Price D^r Ca M^r Mifford To James Hodgden Esq^r Ca^pt Miffford