[Pages / No. 37 / 138] [undecipherable] 23^d July 1794. C[y]. [undecipherable] A question is depending in this Office in relation to M. Hod[gdon]'s accounts as Q.M. for the Army upon which I request your opinion. Mr. Hodgdon claims pay relinquish[undecipherable: probable reading "relinquishment"] the time when his predecessor was appointed, to wit from the 19^th of Oct[ober] to the 15^th of July 1792, during which time he suggests that he acted under the instructions from your Dep^t. I take the liberty to request information as to the facts, States & your opinion whether M. H. is to be considered as Q. ^Master [undecipherable] & thus [undecipherable] & his [undecipherable] to be compensated accordingly or whether his [undecipherable] are to be considered as those of a special Agent, to be compensated from the fund appropriated for contingent [undecipherable] of the War Dep^t. — [signature] The Hon H. Knox