[New York Feb^y 7 [undecipherable] Honble Board of Treasury [undecipherable: Bird?]] New York Feb^y 7. 1787 Gentlemen, The Secretary at War has drawn [for] two Warrants on me in favor of Col^o David Humphreys, [two?] one of which is for four hundred and seventy five Doll^s, being on account of one [month's?] pay for the Officers and the balance of half a months pay to the Non Commissioned Officers and Privates of his Corps, the other for the sum of two hundred & twenty eight Doll^s, being three Months subsistence for him the said Officers on account in the whole amounting to seven hundred and three dollars. I have therefore to request of your Honorable Board that such Warrants may be granted in my favor as will enable me to make the payments to Col^o Humphreys, and am with great respect, Gentlemen Your H[um]b[le] Ser[van]t [undecipherable] [Honorable Board of Treasury]