[Copy] Providence 28^th Jan^y 1790 Dear Sir I have the Honor to inform you that Col^d Olney's & [undecipherable]'s corps of men, at the last Session of the Gen^l Assembly, appointed a Committee to Settle the [undecipherable: militia] accounts, and make the Muster Returns you were pleased to Require — Col^d Olney will be in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on that attend to the Business, and as Soon as the Returns are Completed they Shall be forwarded [undecipherable: by] y^r [undecipherable: first] Conveyance. As the Convention that are to meet in this State on the [undecipherable: first] Monday in [undecipherable: March] next, will in all probability have the enlightened [undecipherable: Sense] to accede to the New Constitution — I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are to [undecipherable: need] a [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — & a [undecipherable: Letter] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable: appear in want] of Collector of [undecipherable: Customs] [undecipherable: for this] [undecipherable: Port] — [undecipherable: I can] easily [undecipherable: foresee] the [undecipherable: Merits] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] not [undecipherable: aware] but towards [undecipherable] [undecipherable: would] be [undecipherable: sufficient] to be [undecipherable: honored] [undecipherable] with [undecipherable: obtaining] it — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable: have the] least [undecipherable: claim] obligation to [undecipherable: that] [undecipherable: State] of Religion [undecipherable: but the] [undecipherable: office] [undecipherable: instrumental] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: other], the Burden of [undecipherable: which] [undecipherable: will] [undecipherable: Continually] [undecipherable: Require] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable: I will] ever be rendered at all [undecipherable: times] with the [undecipherable: Zeal] [undecipherable: &] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: State] has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Cause] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable: last] Congress & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] not in [undecipherable: this] [undecipherable: power], [undecipherable: permit] I Should [undecipherable: take] [undecipherable: your] [undecipherable: pleasure] — after [undecipherable: having] the Copy of my [undecipherable: Letter] to [undecipherable: the] President, [undecipherable] I [undecipherable] [undecipherable: whether] a Collector & it will not be a [undecipherable: Hardship] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] or [undecipherable: answer] the [undecipherable: Business] [undecipherable: worthy] of any Officer [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable: with] [undecipherable: Pleasure] attend to [undecipherable: it with] the greatest freedom, [undecipherable: on] the friendly and [undecipherable: will continue] you was pleased to [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] express (in your fav^r of 26^th [undecipherable: Ult^o] last) [undecipherable: of] your [undecipherable: sincere] [undecipherable: desire] to promote my Interest — I have the Honor to be with great Esteem Dear Sir Your Most Obd^t Humble Serv^t: Jere^h Olney — [Hon^ble Secretary at War] [(Copy) Letter to the Hon^ble Gen^l Knox Secretary at War Jan^y 28^th. 1790 —]