[The first page of this document is wholly illegible. See archival notation.] I recd. this morning your letter of [the] [undecipherable]. I have been prevented from emit- [undecipherable] as to [undecipherable] the money due to [undecipherable] [his] [undecipherable] for auditing, by not [undecipherable] from the Accountant a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [you] [undecipherable] a [undecipherable]. The accountant on his part [was] not [here] able to [undecipherable], not having [undecipherable] certificate from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] acknowledging the receipt of the articles. This [undecipherable] delay [undecipherable] from the articles having [been] sent by the way of New York. I shall however forward to [undecipherable] this day 1700 [undecipherable: Dlls.] on account, which is within a [undecipherable] of what he is entitled to, under his contract: and shall also remit to Col. Wadsworth 3,000 Dlls. to enable him to make such advances, on payments to the contractors for [undecipherable: Cantuck] [undecipherable] at the many [undecipherable]. The propriety of directing the [undecipherable: rece- ipts] to one point for the purposes, your [undecipherable: sugges- tion] is to me very apparent and [undecipherable: indispensable]. Gen. Hamilton has had many ideas, some- time since upon the subject, and I have no doubt will attend to them. It is not [undecipherable] nevertheless probable that recruiting officers who may find themselves necessarily [undecipherable] among their [undecipherable] may [undecipherable: frustrate] the measures. In the most respectful & very [undecipherable] I am [undecipherable] very [undecipherable] and sincerely yours &c [undecipherable signature] [hble Cha[undecipherable]ney Goodrich E[sq]]