Pittsburg Feb^y 1. 1793 Sir your favor of the 25 ulti: arrived this evening and all the enclosures therein Mentioned. I should not think it advisable that you pay Cap^t Prion for any Month Prior to 1 of Aug^t last because his pay for up to that period is in Brit^s hands, except what he may have drawn out; after that Period, then can be no risk I presume. I will by the Next post send you a Statement of the amount of cash Lent down the river by d Britt & of the objects to which it Should be applied. I am Sir [undecipherable: J Irwin?] [address leaf:] [J^s Hamell Esq^r War Department Philadelphia] [marginalia, upper right: from Gibson / Feb^y 1. 1793]