Sir                                                                 West Point 1^st June 1786     37 I have forwarded [undecipherable] from the actions of [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] the Month of May 1786 Agreeable to your letter I have engaged M^r [undecipherable] where the [undecipherable] hay and Rations to have last [undecipherable] which I believe is as reasonable as any man I can get Considering the Disposition of the Affairs as it will require a kind of Judgment to [undecipherable] the Army, and he will be often left to his own [undecipherable] direction The Commissary Informed me that the Cabinet for Provisions Ceased yesterday, and no person appears to [undecipherable] any other a new One, I have drawn upon [undecipherable] for five [undecipherable] for the Men — I am &c The Honorable Major Gen^l Knox Secretary at War — Sir                                                                 West Point 2^d June 1786 — Last Night [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] Willigen [undecipherable] directed [undecipherable] this place, I have fixed a Party to Connecticut after them, and the Corp they do not [undecipherable] here is from W. W. Keep Concerning it — [undecipherable] no hint [undecipherable] has left and Seven Men from duty at this place when the Party [undecipherable] the dispatch [undecipherable] I am The Honorable Major General Knox Secretary at War —