[undecipherable: Newport?] 13 May 1790 [Dear] M[r] Duer, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 2 note [undecipherable] has accom[undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollars it [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Transfer and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] have here [undecipherable] notes enclosed [undecipherable] have by note [e.i:.] [marginalia] [C.i:.] [marginalia] [685^a] [Wm Duer May 13 1790 r] My [dear] Sir You will oblege me Extremely in lending me your Note for 1000 — D^{rs (5752)} [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Return the last for 990 — and that of the 28^th December last for 900 odd — Enclosed you have my Reciept for the Same I am Sincerely — W^m Duer Gen. Knox. [Rec^d. May 13^th 1790]