Philad: d. [undecipherable] Sept 10. 1784 Dr Sir I have stated the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] received — the State [undecipherable] [undecipherable] taking [undecipherable] therein, to [undecipherable] the pay[undecipherable] [undecipherable] and accepted [undecipherable] vouchers as they thought [undecipherable] [undecipherable] deemed to properly fall on them, I doubt [undecipherable] all suits corrected [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with sufficient [undecipherable] [undecipherable] authority [undecipherable] to prevent the debts falling on the U. States, it may perhaps be adviseable for the State to apply on the subject to Congress, and give in this [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] inclined your [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable], [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to refer to the [undecipherable]. I should endeavor to since the States [undecipherable] every case where it can live alone with propriety [undecipherable] I think it incorrect, however, as it would be a precedent for the other States, who may not have [undecipherable] so [undecipherable], and [undecipherable] not so good reasons to assign for the allowances. I have again enclosed you an [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] dated Aug 25^th the same day as the last [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] inclusive. In [undecipherable], one mistake [undecipherable] I find among [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable], while being [undecipherable] I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] received in a list of [undecipherable]. These [undecipherable] I will forward — [undecipherable: list or enclosure, largely illegible] 8 Rect. Nov. 1[undecipherable] 4 [undecipherable] fo Direct to [undecipherable] 2 do do 5 — do do 7 — de de — 1 Rect. to Nov. 1 1787 4 Rect. ([undecipherable]) taken May [undecipherable] 1 Rect. to Oct. 1 1787 3 Rect. to Nov. 1 178[undecipherable] 10 Rect. for Nov 178[undecipherable] 7 Rect. to July 1 178[undecipherable] 3 Rect. to Oct. 1 1787 5 de de 7 de de de de 6 Nov. 1 1787 2 Rect. to Nov. 1 1787 6 ditto 11 ditto 3 [undecipherable] ditto 4 — to July 18 1787 2 to Oct. [undecipherable] 1787 6 — [undecipherable] ditto — The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] who were with the [undecipherable] Army for [undecipherable] Feb [undecipherable] March 178[undecipherable]