Pay Office Philad.^a June 18. 1791 Dear Sir By command of the Secretary for the Department of War, I now deliver you good dollar & 50[undecipherable] in Gold & Silver & the further sum of $ [undecipherable] dollars in Post Notes payable after [undecipherable] amounting to 17,944 dollars & 50[undecipherable] which under the proviso that it is not wanted for more important [undecipherable] of which the Monies are for the purpose of paying [the?] [undecipherable] Three Months pay & Forage to the Field & Staff to [and?] the [Two?] Old Troops under the immediate command of G[eneral] [undecipherable]. & of paying one Months pay & Forage to the Gen. Staff — [undecipherable] & one Months [pay?] to the Officers & Troops of the Establishment & Levies — [undecipherable: the Drawing?] as it is uncertain that M.^r Hodgdon would, on your arrival, the Sec.^y of War has decided that the Post Notes should be drawn in your favor — if Sir you can negotiate any of those Notes without disadvantage [or?] a loss to the States, you are requested to do it — The [undecipherable] amount [undecipherable] now delivered you are by direction of the Sec.^y of War to put into the hands of Sam.^d Hodgdon Esq.^r Quar. Master taking triplicate [duplicate?] Receipt [undecipherable] agreeable to the wish of the S. of War & transmit the same [undecipherable] under Cover to [the?] Gen.^l The Bag of Gold are sealed & the [Contents?] [undecipherable] the Bank weight enclosed therein — I am [undecipherable] [18. June 1791. to Capt E Beatty. Mss. No. 94]