[From [undecipherable] 1798] [Joseph Howell Esq^r accountant War department Philadelphia] Ligonier View February 15^th 1793 Sir I have not been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] place more than three weeks have but [undecipherable] I did intend to have cleft my accounts for [undecipherable] you while at Pittsburg but on the 3^d [undecipherable] the month the [underline: [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] me [undecipherable] in to the [undecipherable] here to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the 8^th instant. and on the 16^th found that he was most towards furnishing me with an house [undecipherable] [undecipherable] is [undecipherable] it will be done by the [undecipherable] In the mean time I am crowded upon a piece in a cold hut with no conveniences even f[or] copying a letter — I mean to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with him most accuracy [undecipherable] I am to transmit my accounts [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are where — I am Sir y^r obed^t [signature: [undecipherable]] [M Howell]