Dear General

General Montgomery informs me, that You desired me to send You an Account of the Number of Men, that I discharged between Albany & Tionderoga, therefore I would inform You, that I did not discharge any Men but only gave them a Furlough & that to the Connecticut Troops only, to pass to New England, as the Term of their Inlistment were not expired & I imagined they might be very serviceable there, & as the Captains are Paymasters to their own Companies by Act of Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, they are all returned home & without Doubt have setled their Pay Rolls with the Committee of the Pay Table appointed for that Purpose ー Sir I must beg Leave to inform [of] General Montgomerys Request for the Paymast[er] or Money,to be sent forward or We shall be Overwhelmed with Mutiny & Disorder, I am Dear General [&c.]

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