[Vol. 26 No. 93] [F p] C. At. May 4^th 1792 In the examination of the accounts of Thomas Smith Esq. Agent for paying the Pensions of Invalids in Pennsylvania, I have discovered that the sums paid by him, [strikethrough: they being in conformity to the list transmitted from your Office,] considerably exceed the allowance made by M^r. Sharp Delany Esq. who made the previous payments. On enquiring of M^r. Delany, how this difference was occasioned, he has satisfactorily accounted for it, by shewing that the sums paid by him, were in conformity to, the Certificates granted to the Invalids — & that the sums now paid by M^r. Smith not only include the pensions, but an extra allowance ^{was made} by the State for a certain period, in [strikethrough: which some of the Invalids were enrolled & did duty in the State Guards.] I have taken the liberty to state this matter to you that proper measures may be taken to correct the list by which M^r. Smith makes the payments, & if also in case it shall be ^judged proper under all circumstances, to regulate the payments in future so as to correct the errors which have already happened. J B Henry Knox Esq. Sec^y at War