[Copy] [To Jn:° White Sept.^r 22. 1785] New York, September 22. 1785 Dear Sir Your letter of the 13. having arrived I [take] this earliest opportunity of answering it — I am happy to find [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] in any [undecipherable] His irregular [payments?] [needs?] to the [land?] — and [remove?] the alphabetical list you propose will be the only [means?] of [detecting] the [arrears] and indeed [every?] account of the [lines?] — the former I had almost [given?] up all ideas of [attempting?] a [mountain?] and [undecipherable] whether it [was?] [near?] him alone with [entire?] [permission?] as a [guarantee?] an advance of the enemy — your proposal of [clearing?] this account entitles you to [use?] [further?] [about?] I may know the effect, but I [am?] [undecipherable] whether [it?] I wish you to do — the [purpose?] of the [land?] I however which might not be [attained?] any [more than?] is [necessary?] for as I [want?] to know it off my hands — The [undecipherable] you are now [pursuing?] in [charging?] the Officers with the money I [now?] this proposition, I [consider?] to be [necessary?] [considering?] this is [sometimes?] and that you will be [justified?] in doing it — The [relative?] accounts of the [General?] [Office?] was not [undecipherable] with the accounts of the Treasury I [your?] [transaction?] [intended?] for the reason that an [unlawful?] [claim?] was [given?] them it drawn from the [store?] which some have [ignorantly?] beyond their [outlines?] and as general [principle?] [now?] be adopted with respect to them who have not — [undecipherable] Inclosed you will receive a copy of the Accounts of [Capt?] [undecipherable] and also [Prall?] the Vouchers of [Capt?] John [Rawlins?] cannot at present be procured. M^r [House?] remembers the transaction & believes [Capt?] [Rawlins?] had a [receipt?] for this Money, if you can forward the Names of the Officers who [received?] the Money [and?] receiving the [undecipherable]. I may be enabled to [trace?] the [sum?] actually [credited?] [Capt?] [Rawlins?]. one Officer [Capt?] [Lynch?] [undecipherable] has credited him for [1600?] dollars. [do?] not the [receipts?] [undecipherable] [specify?] the [same?] [part?] of [it?] you may also [the?] Account of [Capt?] [Rawlins?] as those [Certificates?] were given by The [Col?] [Receiver?] on a settlement — Geo. Pierce [J. Mo[undecipherable] in] Jn° White [undecipherable]