Pay Office 29^th March 1790— Sir, I have just received a letter from the Secretary at War directing that immediate application be made to you [strikethrough: or head of the] [strikethrough: Department of Treasury] for the sum of 22142 dollars for two Months pay of the officers & men of two Companies of Artillery & one of Infantry now at West Point — 1121 dollars of which he requests [strikethrough: payment] may be [strikethrough: made] [strikethrough: for] [strikethrough: to] immediately and that [strikethrough: the rest] a Warrant may issue on the Collector for the [strikethrough: remainder] for the State of [undecipherable: Oregon]. The Sec^y at War has [strikethrough: instructed] [strikethrough: further] directed me to apply for the [strikethrough: sum] of 11128.55 which [strikethrough: is] [strikethrough: also] immediately necessary to [strikethrough: the] discharge [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: a] [strikethrough: balance] [strikethrough: due] the amount of the first Instalment of pay and Subsistence [strikethrough: due] of these officers due to the 31 [strikethrough: of] [strikethrough: Dece] [strikethrough: due on] the 1^st [strikethrough: of] [strikethrough: Ap] [strikethrough: next] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: 31 of] [strikethrough: Dec] [strikethrough: last] on the 1^st [undecipherable] [strikethrough: of] [strikethrough: the] [strikethrough: ensuing] [strikethrough: Month] [strikethrough: year] I have therefore to request you will