[To The president of Congress Oct 22^d— 1785] [Copied] New York October 22^d 1785 Sir By the [strikethrough: commencement] of the next month, I presume [interlinear: General settlements] [interlinear: as Commissioners may] the great [strikethrough: business] of my department, [strikethrough: will be] [interlinear: complicated by me] will then resume, to be [strikethrough: taken] up the [strikethrough: necessary] — [interlinear: entries and statements] [strikethrough: result] of my whole Transactions; the calling to account [interlinear: creditors] [strikethrough: of my] numerous out of [strikethrough: people] who have monies charged against them, and to receive and adjust the also claims of those persons, who have not been compre- hended in the general system of settlement — after these objects are [strikethrough: finally] accomplished I [strikethrough: hardly] presume that my services will not longer be wanted — [interlinear: as far as possible] That this object may be hastened, I have done myself the Honor to [strikethrough: most] address your Excellency, and to take the liberty to propose as a measure very necessary for this purpose, that [interlinear: fixed] a time be fixed after which no Claims for services performed by the Army can be admitted — His Excellency The President of Congress