War Department 10^th Jan^y 1798 Sir a letter from L^t General George Wash- =ington under date of the 6^th Jan^y instant informs me that his expences in coming to, remaining at Philadelphia, and return- =ing to Mount Vernon, and the other expences incidental to his journey, exceed the pay and emoluments he received of government; and that another months pay and emoluments would not entirely cover the same. It will, Therefore, be proper to reimburse the ex- pense nearly, actually incurred, that you report one months pay and emolu- =ments additional; for the amount of which M^r Samuel Lewis will give a receipt, that the same may be transmit- =ted to the General by tomorrows post Sam, Sir, your ob^t S^t James McHenry William Simmons Esq^r Account^t War Departm^t [Endorsement, rotated:] [Militia & accoutrements &c] [Accountants office of War] [Will have to be] [determined by the Secretary of War] [Philadelphia Jan^y 10. 1798] [Additional endorsement, lower left:] [The Sec^y of War is requested to] [the within mentioned] [Vouchers having been submitted] [for the amount] [1798] [Jan^y 10. 1798] [Pittsburgh] [Col^o Ellen]