New York Sept 2 1785 Sir Your letter of the 19 [undecipherable] observe you inform me of a wish to [leave?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], as needed — I am ready [to?] please — I shall then report your services to the Board of Treasury, [to] whom [undecipherable] already to Congress have referred a memorial from the Agents of [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] regiment in which your regiment was also mentioned — I presume on my report to the Board of Treasury will also refer you to Congress with their opinion, or take order for your [pay?] [undecipherable]