pared to be treated in the same manner as I have already done the other advances made to the Line — To give this credit to the State. It appears [undecipherable] to me that your accounts [undecipherable] and the receipts of the men and an arithmetic from [undecipherable] be forwarded and I believe that the [undecipherable] which I will then issue in favor of the State will answer to It. For I assure for I can wish, that is it well [undecipherable] been within the Laws of the State which makes the pay of the Line when [undecipherable] by me, to be considered as Specie — Sam^l [undecipherable] John Habersham Esquire New York December 28^th 1786 Dear Sir The inclosed account is transmitted to you, for you to obtain a [undecipherable] from the State of Virginia of such part of it as has been accounted for with the State and to inform me of the reasons why it should not now be charged to their [undecipherable] pay — You will therefore oblige me by an early communication, for this is the only delay to the forwarding the orders in favor of the Officers for the specie due them — Sam^l [undecipherable] Andrew Dunscomb Esquire