New York March 28 1786. Dear Sir I am informed by us here that you have the most difficulty[undecipherable] Case of any State Commissioner in this District, and by your conduct in office is particularly attended to — especially in respect to your firmness in opposing any exorbitant and improper demands; your attention to the matter of [undecipherable] allowances and your not being swayed by the common cry men of abilities and influence who are interested to get [undecipherable] you a Price is no Police among some of the [undecipherable] that the demands of Virginia are [undecipherable] and that they are most artfully endeavoring to throw them back into such a train that it will be nearly impossible to prevent their allowances. Your situation is therefore not very enviable, and to support your self as a distant Commissioner Accounts will require that you follow implicitly your directions and when these fail you, the spirit of them without regard to any other consideration. I think it impossible for you to wait for more powers — as you have a good reason for rejecting or referring a voucher to another tribunal of your own authority is not sufficient for its admission — and any if late funds that its amount cannot be preferred for them, and not your the Commissioner apply for especially as they must be the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable]