I am sorry to find any mistake occasioned by my receiving Doc^t Balfours pay, previous to his leaving the City he gave me an order to receive a part or the whole as he did not wish to draw it there. None was offer'd till January he neither requested nor wanted to take. As you will see by his letter of April. Was he disposed to commit a dishonest action for a few dollars, it would not be one so greatly to his disadvantage. In his last letter he again mentions it, and hopes I have made those at the War Office acquainted with the circumstance, as the letter was read to M^r Miller I expected that was sufficient, and thought he would certainly inform those that ought to know it, but find he has not. The Doc^t wished me to take up my receipts and give them of a later date, M^r Betterton says that cannot be done, however the first of next Month all will be due that has been received. It was my neglect in not mentioning the Months I had receipted for, that has caused this trouble, and no fraudulent intention of the Doc^t I am with respect your Eliza Balfour — Wednesday Morning August 10, 1796 M^r Simmons Accountant of the War Departement. [verso: M^rs Balfours / Balfour, George / Sh^d 4 / 2^d Sub Legion / 1796 / M^r Simmons, / Accountant of the War Departement, / Phellis?]