Office of Army Accounts 26^th March 1790 Sir The Secretary at War in his Letter of the 17 October last, informs me that by an arrangement made with the Sec^y of the Treasury the arrearages that are and will be due on the 31 December [strikethrough: next] 1789, to the Troops in the Service of the United States, are to be paid in three Installments the first of which, amounting to the Sum of 41,052 dol^s & 74 Cents is to take place on the 1^st April 1790. The Secretary at War in his Letter directs me to accept the Bills of the paymaster to the Troops on the [strikethrough: Office] [strikethrough: for] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: Officer] [strikethrough: stationed] [strikethrough: at] [strikethrough: West point] [strikethrough: for the proportion due them respectively] in pursuance of these instructions I have accepted a [strikethrough: payable the 1st April next] number, and from the information of the paymaster to the Troops on this [strikethrough: I have] [strikethrough: every] reason to believe [strikethrough: that] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: Officers] [strikethrough: now] [strikethrough: here] the whole [strikethrough: or] the greater part of his Bills will be presented [strikethrough: by the 24th] in the course of next Month — I have therefore Sir, to request you will be pleased to provide me with