West Point 1 August 1781 — Rec'd in the return of Allowance and Mileage Money for the Month of August — there was expensed and Claimed three hundred & Seventy three [undecipherable] — there is wanting by the first Commissary for the use of the [undecipherable] three Gallons of Oil, and a quarter of [undecipherable] Camp [undecipherable] To Major Joel King Secretary at War William Price Dep^ty Com^y [undecipherable] West Point 8 Sep^t 1781 — Sir I wrote you on the 8 Ultimo by Cap^t Jeffords expecting to find you in New York — I shall be in New York in October to have my Account Settled and have to request that you will forward me a Certificate that you have paid me but Eighty dollars, for which I shall give you Credit — but I had much rather for you there be In person — It will be 25 at least before I can go — I am Sir your Humb^le Ser^vt William Price To Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Com^y Gen^l Stores West Point 14 Sep^t [undecipherable] 1781 Agreeable to your Letter to me of [undecipherable] I have procured a place for Cap^t Nelly the [undecipherable] of the French Line of Long, about three Miles from this place at 12/ per week — And with you to inform me how the money for the payment is to be Come at — and how Often — She is to be furnished with Respectful Stores — I am Sir your [undecipherable] Ser^vt William Price Dep^ty Com^y [undecipherable] To Major William Nath[undecipherable]