[War Department] [seal] [William Simmons Esq^r Accountant of the Department of War] [Copy for in a report On the Secretary of Wars Commandants [undecipherable] Working L.C. the US in the months of [undecipherable] 1798— Jan^y 10. 1799 [undecipherable] C. [undecipherable]] War Department 10.^th Jan.^y 1799 Sir A letter from L.^t General George Washington under date of the 6.^th Jan.^y instant informs me that his expenses in coming to, remaining at Philadelphia, and returning to Mount Vernon, and the other expenses 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. As it therefore, be proper to reimburse the expense nearly, actually incurred, that you report one months pay and emoluments additional, for the amount of which M.^r Samuel Lewis will give a receipt, that the same may be transmitted to the General by tomorrows post I am, Sir, your ob.^t Sv.^t James M^cHenry William Simmons Esq^r Account^t War Department