West Point 3 June 1785 S^ir I received yours of the 3^d Instant by M^r Mauow, also Eleven Men Come with him — and [strikethrough: brought] me a receipt for the Money they had received. — You will please to send me a Copy of M^cCon tracking agreements, as I believe some of them will not perform the Proffer — and if you have not agreed to hire them for a Certain Time, I should think it best to Discharge them — but, should that be the Case, we must make the Most of them. — Should you engage any more you must not Promise buildings for their Families, as they Cannot be Supplied — I have never received any Letter from you To Contract for the Border Coke — the Last I had on that Subject was dated the 8^th March 85, when you received the Estimate in Philadelphia — There is no Suitable place at Prospect for the Arms, but the best thing is to Come here when he returns from the eastward and We'll determine what Shall [strikethrough: best] be Done with them — [strikethrough: Inclosed] Inclos'd you will receive an Abstract for what Service has been Done In the Department — if Possible pray find the Money by the Bearer M^cLattie, who puts on to M^r Francs, as all the Men are Soldiers And will be Discharg'd in a few days, and are Continually Dunning me, I Should have Sent it before, had you not Promised to Come here in my last. I write you about my own Accounts and Should be glad to have upon the [undecipherable] Subject — I am S^ir Your Most Humble Serv^t William Price D. C. M^r [undecipherable] P.S. you are Mistaken about the Arms being here, as they are Mostly Else however we Shall find tools — Sam^l Hodgdon, Esq^r C_g M^r [undecipherable]