[N° 17 John Steed Capt 4^th Key Virg.^a Dec. 22^d 94] The United States in Account with John Steed Capt 4^th [undecipherable] D^r.                                                                                          C^r. To his pay from the 1^st September                                 By balance to be Certified on 1790 to the 1^st January 1792                                     Interest from 1^st [undecipherable]        480 10 Months @ 40 [Dollars] [per] Month                                                                                —                                                480 To his pay for the year 1792                                            By balance to be Certified on                                                420                                                         Interest 1793                               420 To [commutation] of five years full pay                                 By d^o to be Certified on in lieu of half pay for life                                                   Interest from 22^d Mar 1793          2160 agreeable to Act of Congress of the 29 March 1793 — d^o @ 40 Dollars [per] Month                                               2160 Note: In the Management of this [case?] from the year 1792 this Office was instructed as appears in a letter from the [Accountant?] of the War Department [undecipherable] where [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] was [regularly?] by the [Paymaster?] General from whose accounts [undecipherable] amount has been regularly [undecipherable] [submitted?] to an [undecipherable] submit his claim — he now [brings forward?] such respectable [undecipherable] of his [undecipherable] rendered [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] was a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of his [undecipherable] at the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] War Department Account^s Office December 22^d 1794 Issues in pursuance of an Act of [Congress?] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] John Steed [undecipherable] this 27^th March 1792 [signature] [undecipherable]