[Endorsement on wrapper: ab: Bruff] [Endorsement notation: to Col[undecipherable]: from [undecipherable]: Bruff / Jany 25. 1795] War Offi— Jany 26. 1795 Sir There does not appear to [strikethrough: have] be an error in Jesse Holland's pay he was only three days in service to the 1^st Jany — you will please to find on [strikethrough: the] receipts [for] the men [whom] you have [strikethrough: not] paid & to complet[e] the paym[en]ts of those who are entitled to receive pay [strikethrough: except those whose pay you have been] having been Sick & absent [strikethrough: where] you retain their pay properly retain[ed] [strikethrough: [undecipherable] on account] of dead & Deserters — it is [undecipherable: unnecessary] to [undecipherable] [strikethrough: the mens pay] [a] whole [strikethrough: the] [undecipherable] until [the] payments intended to be made are [undecipherable], but after that as soon as may be — The Deserters & Dead mens pay is properly retained by you — [Signature] Br Re adm[undecipherable] of The Accountant Capt James Bruff Baltimore, Maryland