[Illegible Text card: Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically] Philadelphia 22 Sep^r 1799 Sir I received your Letter of the 15 instant per Post. Before it arrived I was [undecipherable: apprised?] by Colonel Hamilton that a Warrant should issue for a part of the balance due on my accounts rendered, whether they were audited or not. I waited on him and [undecipherable: showed] him your Letter he again informed me & [undecipherable: promised] to have the warrant timely for the [undecipherable] Post. I have sent, and sent again until I despair of doing anything from him. The [undecipherable: delays] of Office is a vexatious business. I now