Treasury Department Decemr. 5th 1794 Sir Since writing to you on the first instant of the foregoing is a copy, it has become necessary to inform you, that in consequence of the Presidents having directed Mr. Pinckney to repair immediately to the Court of Madrid, there is a possibility, that he may set out upon his mission, before the bill drawn upon our Commisioners [sic] in Amsterdam reaches London. If this should prove to be the case, I will then thank you to take upon yourself the negociation [sic] of the business by placing in the Bank of England or in some other situation not less secure and at the disposal of Mr. Pinckney a sum equal to the amount of the bill in question - say Three hundred and three thousand one hundred and fifteen current guilders with respect to the remainder of the Funds belonging to the United States, in the hands of our Commisioners [sic], I shall refer you to the instructions contained in my letter to you of the first instant. I am with great consideration Sir Your most obedient Servant A Hamiltion