West Point. in Oct 1786 — Two of your men [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] of Henry under [undecipherable] Thursday [undecipherable] deserted from this place on [undecipherable] of 29 July [undecipherable] last, I am to think they have gone to [undecipherable] as they have [undecipherable] from here, I have informed to [undecipherable] you — You had better advertise them both — in New Jersey or New York — I request you will forward to me, some [undecipherable] — three for the four men of yours that is left, as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] two [undecipherable] Lenox Cannels for Milliss & Collins, as the Deserter Carried of the Like number for them, and they have [undecipherable] themselves with, as they have Both Carried their own [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with them — [undecipherable] — W [undecipherable] [undecipherable] New Jersey — West Point [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 15 — Sir Agreeable to your Letter & [undecipherable] letter, say [undecipherable] [undecipherable] had a furlough from him for bounty day to go to the Dep[undecipherable] and he has now returned without any [undecipherable] information that he has from but his and them to [undecipherable] and but they produced a Warrant from [undecipherable] Excellency Gov. [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] then Discharge upon which he released them, the Warrant is have entitled, he further says that he has been to every place where he thought there was a prospect of finding any of them or get any Information, but in [undecipherable] — He now requests that he may be discharged by producing a man in his place who he [undecipherable] from Lieu^t Wilcox, as he did not leave your Letter with me & I cannot take him for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in that Cap —