[undecipherable address notation] [b.] December 18^th 1790 [224] Sir, I found that the charge of 6/ in weight of Beaver & deer Skins would have been unjust. the number of skins over run, before I made the state ment I informed myself from Mr. [undecipherable: Irvine], who states that Beaver & Deer Skins have lost in weight (in consequence of drying alone) during the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the 5^th Reg^t between this City & Pittsburgh [undecipherable] [undecipherable] is not ascertained on the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] by Hamiltons Returns. — A [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to that required by you I [undecipherable: have] heretofore furnished to the Secretary of War — If any thing more has been [undecipherable: issued] during the late calamity I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] up as soon as I can get [undecipherable] made out. The [undecipherable: Troops] are busy in bringing up their [undecipherable: Books] in order to render a Return to the 1^st Jan^y [undecipherable] I am Sir. Your most Ob^t [undecipherable] Serv^t [undecipherable: J W Harris] Charl. [undecipherable] Esq.