[December No. 1786 [undecipherable] [Copied] Office of Henry [undecipherable] N York Decem 16 1786 Dear [undecipherable], [undecipherable] to obtain an abstract When I [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] pay days to the [Virginia?] Officers, I was not [satisfied?] of the [amount?] [claimed?] [undecipherable] [accounts?] with that [view?], since which they [have?] [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] pay of $[undecipherable] & [undecipherable] was charged to the [Officers?] [that?] received or not, and that all [advances?] were [deducted?] [from?] [fair?] accounts. But I find on a careful ex- [amination?] of [those?] accounts that there were several in- stances of [deductions?] from these persons [called to?] [Rockford?] [found?] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [I have?] been [under?] the necessity of [altering?] [one?] on the final Sum of the [same?] relating to those persons as they [undecipherable] stand in the accounts and were [afterwards?] corrected. I [undecipherable] to the [States?] also to enclose a [return?] of [the?] [claims?] of said Officers as I now [deem?] them their pay [without?] accounting for [moneys?] or [losses?] [included?] they had received, and [accordingly?] [undecipherable], [who?] have [taken?] against them to be refunded [undecipherable] the public [which?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [to?] give proper [notice?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which will [amount?] to [undecipherable] of [justice?] [undecipherable] reasons I [believe?] [cannot?] to be [considered?] with any [official?] authority. [undecipherable: signature initials] [Jno [undecipherable] of Treasury]