[Letter from the War Office June 20^th 1791 to pay Laureston a few dollars] [M^r W^m Knox] James Lauriston Sir The bearer Jas —— M^r Hodgdon was to give him some money, when he engaged as an [undecipherable] — if so, the Secretary of War requests that you will advance him a few dollars, so that he may be enabled to go on to Pittsburg with Captain Beatty — in haste. y^rs. [undecipherable] Stagg Jun^r 183 June 20 1791 M^r W^m Knox