[W^m Imlay Esquire New York February 1. 1787] New York, February 1. 1787 Sir As we expected and as you have described has been issued by one, with a further check that the [undecipherable] letter B. G. but mostly I [undecipherable] this inspection of it. I cannot determine whether [undecipherable] is the cause or not, as the person who alter these remedies can as well alter them so as to resemble the description of [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] throughout as that they can alter only the [undecipherable] which being generally been the cause. I am Sir Your ob'd. [signature] [W^m Imlay Esquire]