[Henry Knox, May 23. 1792] Philadelphia 23 May 1792 My dear Sir I must request your pardon for not answering your letter of the 10^th before this time, although I did not receive it until the 13^th. But since that period besides being extremely pressed upon public business I have mostly been confined to my bed with an intermitting, or something fever, which I took last year in the neighbourhood of this city. I have accepted your bill in favor of John Lawrance for 1000 Dollars, and which [sum] you advanced to Madame Laval on my account— Besides I have paid at M^r Davis's and M^r LaRoche's [undecipherable] to M^r Bancel M^r Dep[res?]'s agent— 50 Dollars To Peter Has[enputs?] the German Agent of [undecipherable] 50 D[ollars?] Madame Laval [undecipherable] To M^r Dep[leisins?] Madame La Val's Agent 93. 54. Dollars To M^r Chamberlain, his brother of the [undecipherable] [Revenue?] [amount?]— 10. for all which you must please to credit me in the accounts of the Company. I will endeavor to be in New York by early as possible M^r [undecipherable]'s approaches and can be much before the 10^th of June. I cannot leave here until the Regiments return, and perhaps not immediately after it— If M^r [undecipherable] cheap[?], Sir— he willing to relinquish any interest on the last purchase between the Schooharie and [Bondisper?], to the north of the million purchase [undecipherable], but to also the interest on all the purchases to be continued after it. For the [undecipherable] [sum?] of my [undecipherable] advances to Madame Laval or [multiple?] [determined?] Dollars upon when I [have?] be in New York where I am highly desirous of placing on this account. I am my dear Sir Yours Sincerely Knox Colonel Ben^j Walker—