Pittsburg January 27^th 1797 Sir, In settling my last Acc^t of Subsistence I did not keep an Acc^t of the date to which I was paid but if any memory serves me it was to the last of October 1796. consequently being out of money I have acted from that date to the last of this Month of Wh^a Craig — should there be any mistake either for against I will [undecipherable] you to give me notice — I will also thank you to inform the Secretary of War that after being blocked up 36 Miles below this six Weeks in the Ice, and seeing no prospect of its Moving, I returned here with [the] Intention of prosecuting my journey by Land; but the day I was to have commenced it, set in raining, and the weather has continued soft ever since — C^o [undecipherable] it imprudent to attempt it — there is a prospect of the ice breaking in a few days when I sincerely hope I shall be relieved from this place of Totation — I am Sir with esteem your Humble Serv^t Geo D. Turnh [signature] P.S. Should there be any Letters in the War Office for me, will you be so obliging forward them [address panel:] [Jn^o Burrows. [undecipherable] U.S.A. 1797 [M^r] Jillman Simmens Esq^r [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [h]ow Philadelphia [Ed^r D. Turner No 2 Pay and [undecipherable]] W^m Simmons Esq^r