[Copy] [Endorsement: Letter to M^r Nicholson / Sept. 12. 1785 / Copied] N. York. Septem 12. 1785 Dear Sir Thomas Reily is mustered in March 1780 upon the Com- missaries guard, and in the May Rolls as having deserted on the 10^th day of May 1780 which desertion has [undecipherable — one line obscured] [undecipherable] The German regiments were d[undecipherable] three five months pay in 1780 in the new Emission, for which reason no settlement has been made for them, it being considered as a full payment — there are a few who have not received this money and I wish it was in your instead of my hands, as they so cannot convert it here — if I make out a list of those unpaid, and remit you the money will you take charge of [undecipherable] them? [address:] Jos: Nicholson Esquire