Philad^a April 9. 1785 Sir In answer to your favor of the 4 Ins^t I have to inform you that I examined the Accounts of Col. Trumbull and find that Gen^l. Patterson (while Colonel) received sundry Sums of Money for pay of his Regiment in the Year 1776. but as those Abstracts do not specify the amount of pay due each Company, I cannot give you the necessary information respecting the Order of Gen^l. Patterson in favor of Capt. Sullivan — if Capt. Sullivan can inform you what Month the Abstract was drawn for that the seventy two pounds was to be deducted from; I may be enabled to trace the affair — I do not find that Capt. Sullivan rec^d. the Money J. H. Niel Foster Fort M^t Frilodt 14 April 1785 Dear Howell. When I left Philad^a. M^r. Pierce inform'd me that he had no directions to settle with the Regimental Agents and Paymasters from the 5 Nov^r. 83 to the close of there the^m. he said it depended on the Meeting of Congress which has long since happened, and make no doubt Instructions has been received at the Pay Office for that purpose — Your great goodness and your