War Department, 13^th September 1790 Sir, The Congress of the United States have directed the Register of the Treasury to issue certificates to the military invalids, and to the Widows and Orphans of such Officers, non commissioned Officers and Privates who were killed or died in the in Service of the United States, and who are entitled to pensions by the acts of Congress, for the arrears of their pensions due, prior to the fourth day of March 1789. It has therefore become necessary to ascertain with precision the sum due to each individual of the above description.— As several of the States may have paid a part or the whole, of the said arrears since the Return received at this office — I have the honor respectfully to request that you would be pleased to cause me to be informed whether any such payments of arrears have been made by the State of Virginia since the seventeenth of March 1790, the date of the last transmitted to this Office by your direction— If any partial payments have been made by