West Point January 6^th 1789 — Sir/ I received your letter of 12^th Ultimo by M^r Benjⁿ Hope, also the Military Stores agreeable to the Invoice, all in good order— I now forwards by the Bearer M^r Ketchum the Returns of Ordnance and Quarter Masters Stores for the Month of December 1788 — M^r Garrison has drawn an Order in favour of M^r James Johnston, for the Amount of his Account, for the last Winter Wood [strikethrough: M^r Byrnes has drawn an order in favour of M^r Timothy Ketchum, of the Amount of his Account [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Guard Carts — I am Sir &c] The Honourable Major Gen^l Knox Secretary at War —