Pay Office Philad^a. April 23. 1791 Sir, Your letter of the 19^th Inst was handed me yesterday — agreeable to your request I beg to inform you that the Power granted by you to M^r. Hoffman is fully sufficient and that M^r. Hoffman will not be attended him on them to be [undecipherable] as I have obtained a Warrant for [undecipherable] by monthly pay due each of the Men [undecipherable] of which notes can be immediately made. The Account of the [undecipherable: Regiment] [underline: cannot be [undecipherable: convey'd] by [undecipherable] by Account] [strikethrough: of the Payments] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in consequence of which I am directed by the Sec of War to report only those months pay on [undecipherable] this is done in Order to ascertain the Office such Monies as they have advanced to these Men or are accountable for on their Account [undecipherable] you will be so [undecipherable] as to wait some time for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Solomon] Jennings: The Man whose pay is [undecipherable: stopped] by Cap^t. Armstrong in consequence of his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from Armstrong — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] having been [undecipherable] the pay of Jennings, becomes liable to an Attachment — You have in your possession my Certificates for the three [undecipherable: Instalments] of pay due sundry Men of [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Nichols] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which you purchased at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — I want to send them forward with a power in favor of some one of your friends similar to that given to M^r. Hoffmans, on which payment can be made — the object in my opinion is worthy your attention — I am Sir Your [undecipherable: signature] [M^r. A. Hammond New York] [April 23^d 1791 [undecipherable] to all [undecipherable: Regiments]]