a remittance to you of two hundred dollars through the hands of Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor of New York, being for the use of the recruiting service, for which you will please to sign duplicate receipts to be accountable. I have enclosed you copies of my circular letters to recruiting Officers of the 1^st and 20^th of March 1793, and January 23 1794, to which I request your strict attention to prevent any embarrassments in the settlement of your accounts.— I am Sir &c S^t John M^cClelland Joseph Howell in the Corps of Artillerist and Engineers. Albany New York. --- W.D. Accountants Office August 1^st 1794 Sir The Treasurer of the [undecipherable] will