[undecipherable] account as they allow[undecipherable] the United States, the greater part of which, is for pay and [undecipherable] before mentioned regiment, which I suppose ought to have been settle[d] [by the] line of your department; but as the Act of Congress under which I am [directs] that I finally settle all accounts with the State I could not [undecipherable] that time as p^r enclosed abstract, part of which I have passed to the cre- the Delaware State: but if by any rolls, returns, or accounts, in the Pay [interlined: the allowances] offices, you find [strikethrough: them] improper they are still subject to any correct- [ion] you may propose. The other part I have suspended for the reasons [stated] [state]d on the abstract, and, you are posted of the necessary papers that [will] [undecipherable] them [undecipherable] Dear Sir with great respect your very humble Servant William Hazen [paraph] [address panel:] John Pierce Esquire Paymaster General