[Left marginalia:] Shepherd's Town Sep^t [undecipherable] 28^th 92 Maj^r Joseph Howell Accountants Office War Department Philadelphia [Right marginalia:] from the [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Aug. 25 [undecipherable] 92 / [undecipherable] / Copy / 1792 Shepherds Town 25 August 1792 Sir Your Letter of 16^th Instant was this Day Received me wherein you request me to Stop the Sum of $11 2. 69 Cents of John Bowins pay also 10/1. 36 Cents of M^r Welsh (Due Shop, Said to have been paid by Maj. Cobb & Ivan McBuin not yet applied Consequently the Sums men- tioned Shall be retained when he does apply But the Money Due to William Welsh [undecipherable] was paid To a Certain Joseph Evans [undecipherable] County who [undecipherable: probable reading administers] on the Estate of the [undecipherable] M^r Welsh at May Court & produce a [undecipherable: probable reading certificate] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] County of his having done So which [undecipherable] (and a Receipt from the [undecipherable: probable reading Commissioner]) are now in my possession, & which Receipt is (date 16 May 1, 92 as I have complied exactly with your Directions, that the receipt from the [undecipherable: probable reading Commissioner] as well as the [undecipherable: probable reading certificate] from the [undecipherable] Court; I presume they will be sufficient Vouchers for me [undecipherable] if the [undecipherable] Cannot be Obtained from the [undecipherable] or from Catherine the Widow of William Welsh in that case the United States must loose the money Paid by M^r Ivan— I am [undecipherable] with Colonel [undecipherable] your obedient Servant [Signature: undecipherable]