[M^r. Vanden Brocks order] Philadelphia March 28^th 1798 Sir, May I request the favor of you to be so kind as to receive [any] in my behalf the Salary due to me in the War office from the first day of January last to the end of that month. I left the office the third of February. But as you came in my Room the 12^th of [underline: January] it will be left to the determination of the general if my Salary is to be calculated [undecipherable] or to the time I left the office. Whatever you may receive please to deliver it to Mess^rs Bake &co. I am Sincerely Your most humble Servant B.J. vanden Broeck [M^r Langier] Received Philadelphia 7^th April 1798 of M^r Langier for account of M^r R. J. Vanden Brock the Sum of fifty Dollars, Which I promise to account for With Said Vanden Brock. [undecipherable] 50 Dollars