Richmonds City Aug^t 2[undecipherable] 17[undecipherable] Gen^l Allen Jones Sir I take the liberty to request you to inform me of a W^m S. Alexander who acted as Quarter Master in Hillsborough in the year 1[undecipherable] and a Thomas [undecipherable: Commandant] [undecipherable] owe to [undecipherable] your State and where — my reasons for troubling you on this occasion are that I have good evidence that a large sum of the public money is in one or both their hands and that they are applying it to their private purposes and also that in case they are found out or [undecipherable] that they are not alarmed by any notice of my pursuit of them — As M^r Alexander may be known at Hillsborough you will oblige the Public very [undecipherable] if you have a Correspondent there by writing [undecipherable] for this information which [undecipherable] to have communicated to me in the City as soon as [undecipherable] — Juan B. [undecipherable] Nathaniel Allen Esq. Richmonds City May 28 1797 Sir I have occasion to find a W^m S. Alexander who acted as Quarter Master at Hillsborough in the year 1781 and a Thomas [undecipherable: Commandant] [undecipherable] one or both of whom it is supposed has a large sum of Public monies in his hands to recover which