[John Pierce Esq^r Pay Master General Philadelphia] [has been] [Rich^d Platt Sep^r 9. 1784 [undecipherable]] New York Sep^r 9^th 84 Sir I have offered my final Settlement Note for the year 81, (which you were pleased to certify [strikethrough: Noes] to the Auditors for Settling with the [strikethrough: New York] Line. for that year, and they [strikethrough: fall] refuse to [strikethrough: -----] settle with me. If there is any expedient remaining on your part, which can accommodate your humble Servant, it will be very Satisfac-tory, but if your Instructions forbid any alteration (that is I mean will not permit you to re-ceive any Notes after they have been issued,) my fate is Sealed. — I wish to have your Answer Speedily on this Subject and am for Your most Obed Servant Rich^d Platt If you will please to observe that at the time of my Settling with you, the State had made no provision for [undecipherable] Gen^l McDougall and Suite, as I should not have taken final Settlement in preference to State Paper.