Head Quarters, Valley Forge, April 23, 1778.
Gentlemen:
I have the honor of yours of the 16th instant. I know of no more eligible mode of remitting the 30,080 dollars for payment of the additional Bounty to the reinlisted Men of the Virginia Regiments, than by giving a special order to the paymaster General to pay that Sum to me or my order. I only beg, that the Gentlemen of the treasury Board may be reminded, that as pay is due the greatest part of the Troops from the month of January, they should look upon the 30,000 dollars as extra, and therefore send a sum besides adequate to the exigencies of the Army.
I am &ca.2
1 Virginia Delegates to Congress.
2 The draft is in the writing of Tench Tilghman.