[endorsement: [undecipherable] Edwards / in Senate / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] 1795] Dep^ty War Acc^ts Office Feb^y 19^th 1795 Sir, I inclose you a copy of the instructions given to M^r Maton on [undecipherable] July 1793 for distributing the Pay Ammunition & Rations of Certain [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Militia of Kentucky for Service in 1791 and [undecipherable] upon those instructions I presume will be found to comport with those you recd from the Secy of War at the time. the balance remaining un applied by M^r Maton was placed in to your care — I also inclose a Statement Shewing the [undecipherable] the different sums of Pay ammunition & Rations as allowed by me [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] & the amounts disbursed by M^r Maton for those objects, with the balance [undecipherable] recd by you — A considerable time having elapsed since the advance of this money I am desirous of Closing the transaction, but as [undecipherable] in order that there should exist no cause of Complaint with the claimants I have concluded that it would be proper to let the [strikethrough: matter] business remain in your hand [strikethrough: for payment to be made] untile the first of October next ensuing — On that day you will be pleased to cease making payments and if any balance remains [strikethrough: to] transmit the same with your Acc^ts [undecipherable] as soon after as possible to this Department for settlement and you will [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] Gazette for a reasonable time your instructions herein — You will observe that the advance comprehends the whole amount of rations to which the Officers & Men were entitled. Therefore if any claim for rations supplied remains unsatisfied you will be pleased to discharge the same on [undecipherable] evidence of its validity, with that of those claims of the same kind which were furnished you — I am with respect Sir your obt Servt J. Howell [undecipherable] Edwards in Senate Philadelphia