[undecipherable — heavily degraded text, multiple lines] [In left margin:] Doct: Allison and Fort Washington August 5. 1793 [undecipherable] p. 0 Please to pay to Mathew Ernest two hundred and twenty [undecipherable] dollars being the amount of the annexed amount for my extra pay as Surgeon General [strikethrough: [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] he was and his Receipt shall be your for the same. To Joseph Howell Accountant R. Allison Surg. Gen. of the department of [undecipherable] Legⁿ War Extract from the Orders of Major General St. Clair given at his Head Quarters Fort Washington on [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] 1791 "Doctor Allison is appointed to the "Duty of Surgeon General to the Army "under further Orders — A true Copy from the Orderly Books by Winthrop Sargent the Adj. [undecipherable] of the Army Commanded by [undecipherable] St. Clair The United States D^r. To Richard Allison For [undecipherable] Extra Services performed from August 1791. to the 8^th of March 1792. 6 Months 29 Days @ 40 Dollars p Month, which is the difference of Regimental to Surgeon General Dol. Cts Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.68 Agreeable to the Promise of General St. Clair for my Extra Services towards the above Account Fort Washington 1^st August 1793. R. Allison Surg. Gen. [undecipherable] Legⁿ