[To Major Stagg 24 Feb^y 1791] Sir You will please to inform the Sec^y of War that [strikethrough: it appears] by the Books of Jonathan Trumbull & [strikethrough: it appears] late D. P. M^r Gen^l that Colone Learned received the pay of his Regiment for the months of January, February & March 1776. The Abstract for these months includes a Chaplain at the rate of ten pounds lawfull ^p month — further than this it does not appear that Col^o Learned received the pay of the Chaplain — I am Sir Your ob^t — Joseph Howell Feb^y 24. 1791. [Major John Stagg]