[292] [22] War D^t April 23. 1797 Dear Sir Last letter I forward you that from — A [undecipherable] as the [undecipherable] parts [undecipherable] settled in the matters presented by the State. [She?] however [undecipherable] she [undecipherable] is determined to just the Settlement under [undecipherable] and their [undecipherable] and therefore will receive but a trifling sum as her balance, but I am convinced of the fact that the has paid very largely, and also that the United States have informally agreed to [expend?] for that part of their payments which shall be judged reasonable. And if she is denied what is obviously her due that it will have a tendency to make her discontented without enquiring into the cause of her accounts not being [inspected?] the Union itself and as a partner to her withholding her supplies, which has caused me, to take a [duplicate?] of our discretionary powers and to agree to allow the State the average cost of a ration to those Troops that we shall find to have been employed agreeable to the terms of the Option, also such bounty and Clothing as they were entitled to, on the General principles that as the Men appear on the Muster, then at the highest [evidence]