New york the 7^th of march 1795 Sir j send you the state of the sum indebted to the engineers here employed by the united States, for their Compensations Duing the month of February, and Cannot forget this opportunity to recall to your memory that j have not yet obtained a definitive answer for the last one Directed to you for other Compensations; j pray you earnestly to take our Claims in Consideration being truly poor here, We have no Credit, and Cannot Subsist Without having always some ready monei. j am respectfully Sir your most obedient Servant Vincent [Address panel, rotated: Joseph [undecipherable] / accountant office / Philadelphia] [55 in circle]