New York 8 February 1790 My dear Sir I wrote you early in the last month to which I have been anxiously expecting an answer. The main object of my letter was to request from you a full statement of all the facts and circumstances, as far as you were acquainted therewith, of the transactions, in which Gen^l Greene was constrained to become responsible for John Banks's debt. It has been and is the desire of M^rs Greenes friends that she should present a petition to Congress praying for an indemnification for the result of the said transactions. The single point on which all our hopes of success are founded is that the said transactions were of such a nature as to oblige him in his capacity of Commander in chief to enter therein, and that without which the Army must either have disbanded or have been necessitated to plunder — It is most fortunate that M^r Greene did in the year 1785, make a clear full and strong statement of this whole transaction to Congress, which I think it is probable you have seen on their files. His excellence in this respect seems to have been an impulse of divinity. In order that your memory may be refreshed on this occasion, I send you a Copy of his said letter to Congress. If you have a copy of the opinion given jointly by you and Gen^l Wayne on the subject, alluded to in the letter, I pray you to transmit it to me. And I pray you not to restrict a moment in giving your ideas and make them as full and strong as you can with propriety frame it as to the public motives. Unless we can obtain the desired indemnification, his family will not be able to avail themselves, to the value of one cent, the Carolina and Georgia States — The public debt and his private debt will absorb every thing and besides leave a balance against his estate. Considering the eminence of reputation of our deceased friend, I should be of opinion, that his statement alone ought to be sufficient to obtain the indemnification requested. But as I am impressed with strong corroborative certificates from you and perhaps from Gen^l Wayne, who has been written to on the occasion, that the requested indemnification must be granted. M^rs Knox has lately presented me with another Son, who with his mother are well — Our friend M^rs Colden is also well and a most attractive Character — M^rs Greene is well and sends her love to you. I am dear Sir Your affectionate humble servant Knox Colonel Carrington —