War Office January 29^th 1790 Sir, The Secretary of the Treasury has informed me that he has written to you on the payment of the first moiety of the Invalid Pensioners within the State of North Carolina, and that he has arranged with you the funds for that purpose. I shall transmit you a list of the said pensioners which has been recorded at this Office which is exactly to govern your payments. The vouchers contained in the enclosed advertisement will be [undecipherable] [undecipherable: first] payment of the [undecipherable] should neglect to insert the [undecipherable: said] advertisement you will cause [undecipherable] to be immediately inserted in the [undecipherable: paper which] has the most general circulation within the State of North Carolina [undecipherable: and] the expence thereof shall be reimbursed you by the public. As it is to be presumed, that the said payments will generally be punctually demanded, and as it is necessary that as accurate information as possible should be received of the amount thereof, previous to the payments, I must wish you will please as [undecipherable: soon after] the 15^th day of April ensuing to transmit to this Office and exact list of the names and residences of the Invalids to whom or on whose account you [undecipherable: make] payments and the sums to each — [undecipherable: which] shall be transmitted [undecipherable: on or before] the seventh of next [undecipherable: month] I have the honor to be Sir, Your most Obedient Humble Servant H Knox John Haywood Esq^r.