[undecipherable notation, top left corner] West Point 8 August 1787 I had the honor of writing [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Reflecting the men to [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] the Prison — Here is Annexed a Return of the Advance and [undecipherable] at this post — also a [undecipherable] for the [Artisans: undecipherable] [Enlisted?] here in the Month of July 1787 of money Can be [paid?] for them. It will be a [very?] [undecipherable] Con[undecipherable] as by Cap^t [undecipherable] Jeffords, and [they?] [sincerely?] [respect?] it as they inform me, That M^r [Hodgdon?] promised it to them [being?] [undecipherable] — There was three hundred and [twenty?] [Arms?] Cleaned in the Last Month, — the [undecipherable] [have?] [here?] some fifty to hand — I am Sir yours William Price Dep[undecipherable] The Hon^ble Major Gen^l Knox [undecipherable] West Point Sir West Point [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 178[undecipherable] I received yours of 5 May, in 9 June, but having in the mean [time?] [undecipherable] Received Orders from the [War?] Office respecting the [undecipherable] Locks, of [undecipherable] yours came too late; — and having been [undecipherable] for five months [I?] have Not been able to Obtain the Necessary Information respecting the Re[making?] the [undecipherable] over again; — as no [provision?] [Miller?] to [undecipherable] this place; but I have made every Enquiry in my [power?] and [transported?] it [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] [April?] — yours of [5^th?] [June?] was [handed?] to me in [undecipherable] [July?] it is [undecipherable] Certainty that [many?] Letters are not [undecipherable] to you in respect to the [advances?] or most of them are [undecipherable], and [some?] of them Nothing — last Common [Blacksmiths?], [former?] [undecipherable] three of them, being [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Tailors?], but M^r [Carleton?] has [fast?] more to [supply?] these places; — 2. regard to the other [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] it has always been [renewed?] [undecipherable]. I had any thing to do with the [work?]; — and agreeable to your Letter I have [excepted?] their [Draught?] as I make no doubt it will be [undecipherable] for [fear?] I am that no man was [undecipherable] [undecipherable] (at least any I ever had [sent?] in my direction) and [undecipherable] for [the?] Cap^t Jeffords — I have made out an Account of my own [pay?] from the [undecipherable] 1784 to the [30?] June 1787 [inclusive?] and [shall?] [undecipherable] to you. that as [earliest?] Payment takes place; [if?] in your [house?] to [undecipherable] it, as I [probably?] the next [undecipherable] you