[27] the papers relative to that Corps, and, as I understand Cap. Herd is now with you for the purpose of closing those accounts, I am to inform you it is the wish of M'Kean that you take up the accounts of the whole, for if sev-eral settlements are made it will retard the Currency exceedingly, as well as confuse the accounts & give Cap. Herd much unnecessary trouble — You will therefore proceed in the settlement of that Corps — The Return of the Horse I have not been able to procure for this post — by the next you may expect them if to be had — Your &^c J. Howell Jun^r A. Dunwoody Philad^a 24 Sept 1781 Sir, Inclosed you will receive the Returns of the 1 & 2 Reg^t of Cavalry in as perfect a state as is posible to be procured. You will deliver the muster in respect to Major Hopkins, who it seems has a Commission as such — His full months pay and Commutation is settled for by me in the 5^th Regiment — I have also sent you a list of the Fees allowed to Notary public as fixed by act of Assembly in 1782, which