Pay office January 21. 1786 Sir. In compliance with your request of to day, I have made out the enclosed state of the accounts of Captain [S?] Brien by which you will be informed that he has [undecipherable: completely settled with by the United States?] the manner in which he has received his payments. [strikethrough: Since] I find also [strikethrough: also] the above mentioned settle-ments that he has delivered into the Treasury [strikethrough: Your [undecipherable]] [His?] certificates for the ballances found in [his] favor and received nine hundred thirty three dols [&] [a] third in Cash, and certificates for the [then] ballance bearing [an] interest payable in Frances. [undecipherable signature] General Knox