Elizabeth Town March 1^st 1785 Sir I have only time to acquaint you by request of my father Gen^l Dayton that in the settlement he made with you in Philadelphia you made a mistake in the delivery of the notes. You will find on consulting the Continental & New Jersey scales of Depreciation that there was no Depreciation allowed at the time you dated his notes by those scales when you have actually computed it about 2 for one. You would have been informed of it before this, had not General Dayton expected for a long past that Col. Ogden would go to Philad^a. and among other things settle this. The settlement was had } Jon^o. Dayton Septem^r 17. 1784 } To M^r Howell Jun^r Annapolis April 1. 1785 Dear Sir I had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 1^st Ulti^mo and thank you heartily for the trouble you, and our Friend Howell have taken — I will do myself the pleasure of visiting him shortly, on the subject of the matter; however I shall say in the mean time, it was well chosen, and well bought. I have now to address you upon a very serious subject. When