[June 28. 1791 / d. Major Leighe] Pay Office June 28. 1791 Sir [left margin note:] Note on M^rs [undecipherable] for a Settlement [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] 1791, the Balance may be transmitted A Woman who calls herself the Widow of William [undecipherable], late a Serjeant of your Company, has applied to me for the arrean of pay due her deceased husband. on appealing to the papers put into my hands by Capt. Beatty I find a letter of Administration has been granted to your ^This circumstance has prevented me from complying with her demand. The Woman informs me that she had administered, but that in [settling?] with you for the arrean of [undecipherable: probable reading pay] due in Bills to the 1 Jany 90 you retained the Letter, as your Voucher — conceiving the Wife ^{personal Estate of the} to ^{be the rightful Heir} (unless there are Children) to the Husband induces me to trouble you on the subject, with a wish to be informed of the circumstances which led you to administer, and whether you still wish the administration should be acted on. — I am led to believe the Woman is no impostor as she produced me ^a her Marriage Certificate, however I am sensible some particular [reason?] must have induced you in [acting?] and shall ^then therefore wait your answer. May present my Compliments to Gen^l. Harman & to [the?] Officers generally — Beatty is now on his March with a [fett?] of fine fellows — Your [undecipherable] d. Major Leighe