[General [undecipherable], War dep^t, Oct^r 1^st 1799, [undecipherable]] Trenton War department October 1^st 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. I have no objections to the appointment of Lieut House as paymaster to the first Regiment of Artillery and Engineers as to that of D. Menninger as Paymaster to [undecipherable] Regiment — You will be pleased to give orders to have the Bonds required by law executed and transmitted to the Accountant of the department — [undecipherable signature] 9 [undecipherable] = 17 = [undecipherable] 12 = 49 [undecipherable] = 30