[Docket, written sideways on exterior of letter:] [26 May 1791 to Lt Moses Porter with the act of pay due Capt Savage & in the January [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] Pay Office Philad: May 26. 1791 Sir By direction of the Sec for the Department of War I have transmitted you the first Bills of exchange drawn by the Treasurer of the U.States, on John Habersham Esq Collector for the Port of Savannah for the Sum of One Thousand Seven hundred and eighty four dollars & [undecipherable] Cents which Sum is in full of the pay due [strikethrough: the] the Officers, Non Commiss'd & privates of Captain Joseph Savage's Company of Artillery, agreeable to the enclosed [undecipherable] which is taken from the Accounts [undecipherable] by me with Capt. Savage on the 31 March last — duplicate You will please to take Receipts from the Officers & Men respectively and transmit them to me by the first good conveyances as also to [undecipherable] forward a Receipt for this Money as soon as possible — I expect the Sec [undecipherable] will direct Major [undecipherable] to Muster the Troops within your command to the [undecipherable] I hope when the Muster comes forward, the pay due can be ascertained & you may be assured will be sent you regularly I am Sir Your ob: Ser J Howell Lt Moses Porter of Artillery