[To Doct W^m Eustis 20 Octo 1789] [undecipherable] 752 XXV-20 n 21 oct. 89 My Dear Sir I received your [undecipherable] not [undecipherable] by the post before the last. You may see by the public papers the intended arrangement for the payment of the invalids. There is to be no further inspection at [undecipherable]— The pensions having been granted under the regulations of the respective States [strikethrough: the good] were of opinion that it would have been very improper [to] subject the invalids to any further investigations— They therefore passed a short [act?] for the continuance of their pensions and providing for the payment under such regulations as the President should determine— [and] also to make regulations on the [subject] pensions — the [undecipherable] of the It is not yet determined who shall pay the invalids but it will probably be done by some [strikethrough: person] [undecipherable: mean/measure] [strikethrough: Officer] who has the possession of the public money & who may be allowed perhaps one p[er] C[en]t for [paying?] the [undecipherable]— [strikethrough: I would have compared peculiar Satisfaction] — If the arrangement had been just as to have presented a satisfactory employment for you, I am persuaded you [strikethrough: would] have [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] certainly [I] should have received myself to have [undecipherable] & have afforded it— I hope something may [arise?] I [strikethrough: sincerely] hope that some occasion may present itself in which your talents may be brought [strikethrough: advantageously] [undecipherable: usefully?] forward — The public benefit. Permit me to assure you with [undecipherable] sincerely that [I find] no [greater?] real satisfaction [than?] to be in any degree able to [assist?] your views— [strikethrough: suffer] [undecipherable: Upon the highest intimation] [undecipherable: your wishes,] Any information that you may think proper to [give?] me shall be retained by me with all the confidence of that [friendship?] [undecipherable] that has existed so long between us.— I am my dear Sir with [great?] [affect?] & [esteem?] Your [most?] [obedient?] & humble Servant— H Knox Doctor W^m Eustis —