[undecipherable] Sir I did myself the honor to write to you on the subject of advancing some money for the subsistence of the Officers now in service, and not being favored with [undecipherable] your answer, I have committed to march [undecipherable] reimburse this day fifteen hundred dollars which you will [undecipherable] by [undecipherable: several lines obscured by fold damage] Subsistence [undecipherable] I have the Honor to be, with great respect, Sir, your Ob^d Ser[vant]. [undecipherable: addressee line] Tillotson Esquire