[Cover endorsement: N° 30 / March 17. 1786 / To Jos: Howell — / Copied] [Right margin notations on cover: 5002 / 1500] N° 30. West Point March 17. 1786 D^r Sir Yours N° 37. is received — It appears as a doubt whether the Foreign Officers are intitled to the commutation — will you ask M^r Carleton and inform me, whether he knew that when he was at Congress any doubts on the subject &. If there are, what certificates [undecipherable] hand and [undecipherable] by you for this commutation you will oblige me by stopping in your hands until you can know to a certainty. I perceive M^r Carleton in his certificate to Maj. deBraham gives an order on the office which is improper, he ought to notify the fact only. He [undecipherable] a certificate being the necessary voucher to the office for outlaying the account — The following [strikethrough: certificates] certificates are found on sundry accounts you sent me Number Check. Date of Issue Names On the certif: [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 36/124 D March 1. 1784 Lieut. Webett Jan 1. 1782 80.. 25 — G — D° D° D° 993 750.. 26 — G — D° D° D° 1,034 525.. 27 — H — D° D° D° 1500 28 — M — D° D° D° 1500 29 — R — D° D° D° 1500 3863 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] granted — Jos: Howell Esq