Treasury Department Auditors Office July 18. 1794 Sir In the Settlement of the Accounts of Sam^d. Hodgdon Esq^r as Quarter Master General he has been allowed Pay Forage & Rations from 4^e March 1791. to the 15 July 1792 — But in those rendered by him in the Military Store Department during and since that period he has made no charge of pay. I am with respect Sir y^r ob^t Serv^t R Harrison Joseph Howell Esq^r. [R.I.] P.S. The pay allow^d M^r Hodgdon was 60 Doll^s. P month from 4 March 1791 to 4 March 1792 & thence to 15^th July following @ 100 Doll^s. P Month — with forage at 12 dol^s P mo. & 6 rations a day for the whole time —— R H Shewn to the Secretary of War — [signature] [docket, rotated:] From the Auditor of the Treasury — to the Accountant of the War Dep^t. —