Informs him that while the Comptroller of the Treasury [Oliver Wolcott,
Jr.] is ill, the latter's principal clerk will be authorized to countersign warrants for transferring stock to the books of Smith's office [the Commissioner of Loans].; "Circular"
Concurs that it was essential for him to take a decisive course regarding an arrangement of major generals, informs him that [Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney agreed to the arrangement and expressed a willingness to serve under Hamilton's command, and requests that he transmit Hamilton's letter to [Timothy] Pickering and to [Oliver] Wolcott, [Jr.].
