Maj^r Gen^l Knox Secretary of War United States Loan Office Boston 16^th July 1791 Sir By an advertisement in the public papers it was anounced that Pentioners were to be paid at the Loan Office in the month of March next, this has brought me already a number in that line & I expect a Regiment on the 4^th Day if those pensions are to be paid at this Office I presume I shall be furnished seasonably with Instructions & means — I am very respectfully Y^r Your Hum^e Serv^t N A E [Maj^r Gen^l Knox]