detachment at Lancaster who marched from [the?] to Pittsburgh with Lieu^t Hutchins from [Dates of?] [pay]ment to 31^st October 1794 inclusive for which [you?] will please sign Duplicate Receipts to be Account[able?] and transmit the Receipts of the men as soon as co[nve]nient to the Office. agreeably to the inclosed R[...] I am Sir Y[ou]^r William Simm[s] George Fleming Esq^r D. of War Accountant [Office] West point. April 23[?] Sir The Bearer Jonathan [undecipherable] has charge of Seventeen hundred Dollars being for contingent and incedental expences of the War Dep[artment] for which sum you are held accountable and will sign duplicate Receipts. — I am Sir Y[ou]^r William Simmu[s] Capt. Russell Bissell. D. of War Accountan[t] Middletown. April [undecipherable] Sir Your letter of the [undecipherable] to the late Accountant, I have this day Received, you mention that you have not received the money [re]mitted from the Office to John Chester Esq^r [to] pay of yourself Ensign [undecipherable] Trotthingham and [to] the 28^th of February 1793 incl. I think it advis[e] you to receive the money and pay it to such [men] as are present and are entilled to receive it [with] respect to the pay being made up for the men [undecipherable]