[From M W Shreyvelt / r^d Janu^y 27. 1784] [Discharged [undecipherable] accompanied John Pierce Esq By [undecipherable]] [S]ome time ago I [trou]bled yo[u] with a litt[le] enclosing a list of persons in th[e] first [second] and third Massachusetts Regi[ments] to whom I had fold good[s] Last August; fo[r] pay of May June and July. The present is only to remind yo[u] of that occurrence &to save you trouble in [the] payment of what is due to me. M[r] Danferth PM of 2^d Mas[s]t[s] Reg[t] w[rites] me, that he is to recieve Certificates in th[e] [course] of four or five weeks for that purpose. The [trouble] I wish to save is, the signing of many Cert[ificates] presuming that one is sufficient for each r[egiment] The Vouchers I will lodge at your Office he[re] the Certificates could be enclosed to your a[gent] who will take care of them for me. Should the above not be inconvenien[t with] the mode you have adopted in this busin[ess] I would prefer it to any other, especially would [save] you much time. as p[er?] you have the amounts duely each Reg[iment] &these I could mark each Certif[icate] to enclose. Hope nothing here contained m[ay] be thought improper I am respectfully Sir Your humble Servant [signature] First Reg^t D[ollars] 3126. 3 Second D^o — 1788.80 Third D^o — 1952. — Dollars 6866.83. The Certificates for the 1^st & 2^d Regiments may exce[ed] the above sums. [strikethrough: that for] the 3^d would be most convenient in two — one for 543.³⁶/90 — &one for 1408.⁵⁴/90ths