55^t Feb^y 5^th 1796 — I have recieved by this days Mail your letter of the 30^th of Jan^y enclosing the Sum of Six Hundred and fifty dollars, for which you have a receipt enclosed — I Shall pay Exp^r Martins herewith the last payment of bounty, as you have directed — I have recieved no returns from the upper posts, for the Month of Jan^y Therefore have it not in my power to forward a gen^l return by this post — I am with respect you obed^t Humb^le Ser^t The Hon^ble Timothy Pickering Th S Butler M Gen [Docket, written perpendicular:] Thomas Butler Lt. Col. 4^th Sub Legion Feb^y 5^th 1796 Offers current Returns recd. 8 P.M. [Docket, written perpendicular:] Butler Thomas Lt. Col. of 4^th Sub Legion [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Legion [Address panel:] The Hon^ble Timothy Pickering Philadelphia West