inland pay roll, the receipts are to be taken separately and if a signature is not written to be distinguished by a respectable evidence and to be transmitted to me under cover to the Secretary of War — You will that the pay due in this year is not yet paid which is owing to the act of appropriation not having been passed, when that is done the residue will be paid to your Attorney — By an act of Congress the assignment of the pay of a Non commissioned Officer and private made subsequent to the 1^st of June 1792 is not valid; of course the payments are to be made to the original Claimant — I am Sir &c Joseph Howell To Henry Lee Esq^r Lt. Col. Com^dt Mason County Kentucky —