Princeton, Jany 16^th 1794 Dear Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11^th Inst & in answer to it will inform you (but only from recollection) so far certain, that I never rec^d the money you speak of, but recollect perfectly that I assisted Gen^l Butler in paying it out. Taking the mens receipts in his own Name, & I think there were three Months pay in Notes of one in Species, for I recollect his giving the Men Checks on M^r Hough for the Specie, & it appears to me that M^r Hough had something to do with the transaction. — It is very certain to me that Gen^l Butler is responsible (if he has not already done it) for that money, & I know he was extremely particular in taking the mens receipts, & if I do not mistake, they were taken in as blank bound Book, & I rather think the money came through M^r Hough, perhaps from M^r Carleton of the War Department. I have the honor to be Sir, with respect to him, Your Ob^t Servant E Beatty [Joseph Howell Esq^r War Department] [Beatty, Erkurius Rec^d Phil^a 1 Febr. Agent 1794 Ans^d H. Prince 3 Mo. Pay, Hough *2^d H. People Paying Rec'^ts Blank Book Dep^t Resp^e of Gen^l Butler — Dept payment] [1 Amy 11 [undecipherable] Director 1794 Beatty] [Phila^s]