[undecipherable: having I] that the [undecipherable] and other[s] to receiv[ing] the certificates of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the late Army, to deposit them with any [undecipherable] on their [undecipherable] [strikethrough: under] with the [undecipherable] executives of the states to which they respectively belong, I am of opinion that an order to do this will [undecipherable] in my opinion will meet and the [undecipherable] and The states into a full settlement of the [undecipherable] of the state agents, and will [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] accounts are properly checked, that the states be furnished with a copy of their receipts of [undecipherable] by the agents and [undecipherable] of the Register of the certificates received by them. [undecipherable] therefore will [undecipherable] the states not only compleat [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable], states & [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] certificates [undecipherable] to them [undecipherable] their respective claims, but also [undecipherable] in the hands of a considerable number of [undecipherable] citizens, that property of the United States. The agents of the [undecipherable] Invalids and Hagan's Corps having all [undecipherable] with me and the former having delivered up about 14,000 and the latter 26,884 lots [undecipherable] on hand, I am led to conclude that other agents must also have considerable [undecipherable] in their hands, or an accurate settlement home [undecipherable] to referred to the public. [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] obligations, in respect to furnishing this information. [Novem No 2, 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Treasury [undecipherable]]