Albany 1[3]^th October 1800 [undecipherable] Gen[undecipherable] Besides [undecipherable] I beg leave to make you [acquainted?] with two Certificates, which request the favor you may [undecipherable] the Board appointed by Congress to enter [undecipherable] to the relief of the [undecipherable] Nation [refugees?], in distributing [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] by way of Compensation [to?] [those?] Soldiers [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] Having abandoned their Plantations in that country, you will observe that one goes to Establish the price or value of those Lands, after our [undecipherable] had passed the Law & Patents were [actually?] [granted?]. I very[ly?] believe that had [I?] [undecipherable] the enquiry, it would have been [undecipherable] found that many [undecipherable] was [undecipherable] said for at a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] — my aim is to [undecipherable] the Gentlemen that [undecipherable] had any more than 500 acres, which I trust will [undecipherable] to them it [is?] [a?] small consideration, for the [undecipherable] suffered [undecipherable] in consequence of my removal [undecipherable] we need not have been [undecipherable] and had been [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] is he [undecipherable] General Montgomery, as well [undecipherable] by the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Congress [undecipherable] [undecipherable] money and ordered [undecipherable] had [undecipherable] proceeded in [undecipherable] money [undecipherable] he [undecipherable] with all [undecipherable] [undecipherable] circumstances of the [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] consideration [undecipherable] that the quantity [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for me the [undecipherable] I was [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] no means approaching that [undecipherable] he will deem [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] on the enjoyment [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] both in [undecipherable] of the Provinces), [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sent [undecipherable] I [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] to contribute [undecipherable] they Wishing you [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [Honourable Henry [undecipherable] Representative to Congress [undecipherable] Washington]