closed on the books of this Office. If any of the Officers or Privates are in your neighbo[...] you well please procure a certificate from them [s]tating that they were paid, and that they were of opinion t[hat the] amount you claim a credit for, was duly disbursed [by them] conformably to the respective charges in the said Pay[...] [I] am &c [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Of[fice] Supervisor Richmond, V^a App[ropriation] May 22^d Sir The Treasurer of the United [States will] remit you the sum of Two hundred & seventy six Dollars, w[hich] you will be pleased to pay to Cap^t Richard S Blackburn [at] Fort Norfolk taking the necessary receipts holding him accou[ntable] for the due application of the same being for the pay of hi[s] and the Detachment under his command for March 179[...] I am &c W[undecipherable] Cap^t Rich^d S Blackburn Accountants Offi[ce] Fort Norfolk, near Norfolk V^a App[ropriation] May 22^d Sir The Muster and Pay rolls of the [detachment] under your command for March 93 contained in Lieu^t [undecipherable] to me of the [undecipherable] have gone under the necessary examination[s] found free of error, you will accordingly receive the amount [of] Two hundred & seventy six dollars from Edward Carrington Esq[^r] at Richmond on your giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself for the due application of the same [undecipherable] [undecipherable]