Danbury State of Connect^t July 17^th 1786 Sir, I have seen by the News papers from Philadelphia in the papers of this State a general from the [undecipherable] in the articles of Capitulation in the Surrender of Fort Washington the 16^th November 1776 [undecipherable] amongst [undecipherable] are the names of [undecipherable] who [undecipherable] and their [undecipherable] in the Army [undecipherable] that I have been [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] opportunity [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] therefore [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I beg you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] I hope you will [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I am [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] sufficient [undecipherable] to your [undecipherable] Power [undecipherable] [undecipherable] after [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] letter [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as it [undecipherable] probable [undecipherable] [undecipherable] W^m [undecipherable] George [undecipherable] Stevens [Enumeration of the names on this report] [Right column table:] [undecipherable] 22 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 22 Capt Stevens [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 22 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 22 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 22 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Rec'd the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Lower left section — list of men:] April [undecipherable] 1777 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Geo. [undecipherable] Stevens [Docket notation on verso:] N^o 39 [1]293 From Geo. Stevens 17 July 86 — Claims for pay & men left in Phil^a appears filled for inspection [Later annotation:] It appears by M^r Dallam's voucher of Oct 1791 [?229?] that D^r M^r Stevens has been fully paid for himself and the party under his command in my letter of April 22 1788 to M^r Daved on this subject [signed] H^s Davis