I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a Letter from the honorable Vice President in Council, dated the 23rd February last, enclosing me the late Law of the State for re-enlisting the Non-Commissioned officers and privates of the Pennsylvania quota for the further term of three years, and at the same time enclosing me three seperate orders on the treasures of Westmoreland, Washington and Fayette Counties, for monies for this service, amounting in the whole to 780 dollars. The order on Washington County has already been presented, and the answer given by the treasurer was, [t]hat there is no hard money in the treasury, and that only a part of the money can be had, and that in paper. The other Drafts when presented, I am apprehensive will share the same fate. I cannot conceive it to be the wish of Council that these drafts should be paid in the paper currency, as it will not answer the intended purpose of recruiting; I must therefore beg of your Excellency and the honorable the Council to make some other arrangements, in order that hard money may be placed in my hands, which will greatly expedite the recruiting service.

We shall be happy to receive our New Commissions upon the return of Lieutenant Beatty, the pay master.

I am now upon my tour to visit the post established at Venango. The fortress is honored with your Excellency’s name. Be pleased to receive the enclosed, North view and profile of the works, likewise a small map of the Country adjacent. I have the honor to be, with the highest Esteem and respect, your Excellency’s and the honble Council’s most honorable and obedient Servant,