[Illegible Text — Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically.] [Letter from M^r. Pince / 19 Nov.^r 1784 rec^d 26 / December] [undecipherable: Publick?] Richmond Nov. 19. 1784 Sir The contract for rations commenced with the Southern Army the 25 day of July 1783. before which time, the rations were issued in the usual manner of [undecipherable] day to the Officers — and to the General Officers their whole [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Jno Pierce