W. D. Accountants Office April 15^th 1794 Sir The Secretary of War has directed a remittance to you through the hands of Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor of the sum of one hundred and eighty five dollars being for the pay and contingent supplies of the guards of Militia on the Brigantine Catherine and William Tell employed in the months of Feb^y and March last, for which you will be pleased to transmit the receipts of the individuals to whom the same is due agreeably to inclosed duplicates of the pay abstract. I am Sir &c Joseph Howell David Van Horne Esq^r Adjutant Gen^l Militia New York —