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 Byren has drawn an Order in favour of M^r Timothy Ketchum, of the Amount of his Account for making the 200 [undecipherable] Cords — I am Sir &c] The Honourable Major Gen^l Knox Secretary at War—