137 Reed a certain note informed [undecipherable] commission [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in manner that the matter defer'd may And in the [undecipherable] of accounts in the course of his proceedings as of [undecipherable] and on reference to him aforesaid, which I am entitled to show a [undecipherable] and to have some [undecipherable] may allow a depreciation his worth in the sum of five hundred & twenty dollars which he avers upon came to his use in some manner whatever, but that the same is lost and cannot be recovered. — I have therefore humbly to request that Congress directed to proceed, as has been done in cases of a similar nature for other persons to grant, that the same may be passed to my credit, on the settlement of my accounts, or that some other relief may be afforded that will be just — and proper. [signature] President of Congress Philadelphia 1 November 1784 Having been appointed by John Pierce Esquire Pay Master General to take charge of the cash granted for the use of the Pay Office which appointment took place the 1 January 1783