[Copy] To Oliver Patridge Esq^r Duxbury Massts Nov. 18. 1785 New York Nov. 18. 1785 You will find by the enclosed account that there are Considerable Sums of money Charged by the Public to Colonel Ichabod Alden — [strikethrough: which as I am] as I am informed that you are administrator to the Estate of the said Col. Alden, I have to request that you will examine his papers, and find in what Manner he Can account for the Same — and as the [strikethrough: business] Settlement of army accounts [strikethrough: is] now being [strikethrough: drawing] to a close, it will be necessary that his [strikethrough: vouchers] accounts should be presented, [strikethrough: and if for want] of an earlier application, for that purpose, [strikethrough: any] [strikethrough: losses by their not being] [undecipherable] which should be sustained, it must fall upon his Estate — Oliver Patridge Esq^r