[Address panel:] Joseph B. [undecipherable] Esq^r [undecipherable] Ph. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Elizabeth Town [undecipherable] of January 1790. I have [undecipherable] yours of the 1^st Just sent in which you acknowledg the Receipt of my Letter of the 4^th & 31 ultimo with my [Enclosures?] which I doubt not you will — [undecipherable] as soon as Convenient — you inform me that in the mean time the Treasurer of the United States has [placed?] in the [Hands?] of Richard Morris Esq^r. [Attorney?] of New york two letters Subject to my demands; I have [called?] on him — and [undecipherable] my Letter he has [shown?] me that he has Received a Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in [undecipherable] him that he would [forward?] the money for the [undecipherable] ing affairs of New york — but who they are he has [not?] letters in any money Come to hand; I have in Good [Opin?] [undecipherable] of this [Bond?]; he has told me that it was a [undecipherable] in the Secretary of the Treasury and that he had [undecipherable] a [warrant?] in my [favor?] for the money; I wished I Can only [say?] that I have Come to New york [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] men with me and have but one Letter or [undecipherable] — I have made my [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] Back for the Month of [undecipherable] and my men [undecipherable] to me [undecipherable] New york a few days and of money do not arrive I must [undecipherable] [signed] [undecipherable]