Office of Secy of War New York 25 Feb^y [17]90 Sir I do myself the Honor to inform you that the claims of Cap^t John Wood late of the Corps of [undecipherable], should have been settled by the Quarter Master General, from whom I suppose he must have [undecipherable] money for the purposes mentioned in his claim— [strikethrough: from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] claim [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] claim [undecipherable]] Accounts of this nature are then, not settled by the Quarter Master General [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable], the Treasury, [undecipherable] is to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [strikethrough: [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] I cannot find that Cap^t Wood is charged with any Money in the [Cash?] [Books?] of this Office neither does it appear that he ever [undecipherable] claims be [undecipherable] [strikethrough: [undecipherable] the papers in [undecipherable] are not] Determined— I have the Honor to be Sir Your Ob^t S^t C. [undecipherable] [18373] The Honble M^r Ames [Endorsements at bottom, rotated: 18373; C. W. [undecipherable]; July 25, 1790; Copy [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Archives [undecipherable]]