[undecipherable] March 1788 Dear Sir, [Received from State [undecipherable] Nov [undecipherable] 14030] I [undecipherable] to you [undecipherable] I [want?] which [undecipherable] on two or three years since a [undecipherable] the period [undecipherable] I would desire [undecipherable] amounting to the Sum of about [undecipherable] N [undecipherable] fate; and as I feel somewhat anxious lest any difficulty may arise in the way of this [undecipherable] Settler you would much oblige me by sending me an account of their [undecipherable] that the longer the Settlement is postponed the more difficult it will probably be for me to obtain proper [undecipherable] in case of [undecipherable] To my dear [undecipherable] to you on this [undecipherable] may be found [undecipherable] luck, all that may be necessary to close the business — As to the half pay Accounts and the Draughts [undecipherable] reason, I have not been able to do any thing but if no better payment can be obtained the mode now will be continued — at the end of this month I think there would be three Deserters [undecipherable] You would greatly oblige me by honouring me with your answer to this as early as possible — as I should have written long before, but your Brothers expectation of your coming here prevented — I am with Sentiments of Esteem your most ob^d Servant John Warren [address leaf: Hon^ble [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / BOSTON / [undecipherable] Samuel [undecipherable] / Philad[elphia] [undecipherable] / 1788] [stamp: Received from State [undecipherable] Nov [undecipherable] R EO 401310]