Pay Office Philad^a May 3^d 1791 Sir By direction of the Secy for the department of War, I have enclosed you a Bill on the President of M^r Alex^r [strikethrough: Cashier of the Bank of New York] for [strikethrough: four hundred dollars] [strikethrough: on receipt of the] for the purpose of subsisting in the Troops to be raised in the State of Connecticut — on [strikethrough: receipt of this] Brie you will please to transmit one under cover to the Secy of War a receipt for it — I flatter myself you will easily negotiate the Brie, for it is the only method we have of sending Money to your Quarter of the World. I am Sir, Jos Howell [Chauncey Whittelsey Esq^r Middletown Conn^t.]