[From Joseph Nours Octo: 10. 1794] [282] Treasury Department Registers Office 10^th October N^o 1794 Sir I am to request (on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury,) that an estimate of the monies that may be requisite to defray the Expenses of your Department for the ensuing year be made out and transmitted as early as [underline: posible], for the purpose of forming a General Estimate of the expenditures of the United [underline: States] for the year 1795, to be laid before Congress on their meeting the 1^st. Monday in next month. I am with great respect Your most Obed^t. humble Ser^t. Joseph Nourse R^r. Joseph Howell Esq^r. Accountant for the War Department. —