Charlottesville 23 [undecipherable] 1796 Honoured Sir, I have a claim against the united [States] for a Balance due Samuel Beaver [undecipherable] Captain Richard Blackburnes Company of Artillery, who Enlisted in the Town of [undecipherable] under the Said Blackburn & died [at] Norfolk, I have every Reason to Su[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Said Samuel Beaver's Bro[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Beaver will Make app[undecipherable] the amount of his Succes[undecipherable] Expectations [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to Supp[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Representative, & will go [undecipherable] Establish My Right in Said Cha[undecipherable] from [undecipherable] to Your Honour Such as [undecipherable] Necessary, Should the Said [undecipherable] any other person duly au[undecipherable] Application I hope you will [undecipherable] proper to pay them But Except [undecipherable] who as [undecipherable] you obtained [undecipherable] Support of the Said Samuel Bea[undecipherable] [undecipherable] I Shall Consider [undecipherable] as an [undecipherable] [Service] to me [undecipherable] you Honour Me with a few lin[es] to this, Whether there has [undecipherable] for the said Be[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Balance [undecipherable] the P[undecipherable] of Atto[rney] [undecipherable] the Estate of Said [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Business would be Thankful [undecipherable] Some Instructions, what pap[ers] and documents would be Ne[undecipherable] to Establish My Right from [undecipherable] Gratitude [undecipherable] [signature: undecipherable] Please to direct for me [in] Charlot[tesville] [Virginia], [undecipherable] [Endorsement: rec'd. 23 Oct. 1796 — Jones — to pay due the estate [of Sa]muel Beaver [undecipherable] Soldier in Cap[t] [undecipherable] company — Secretary at War — Philadelphia — [answered] 29 Oct. 1796] [Administrative annotation: Investigation of the names on this record shows them as of [undecipherable] Reg't [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Blackburne[s] [undecipherable] claim of [undecipherable] See [undecipherable] General Index Military Cards. [undecipherable]]