Comptrollers Office 30^th May 1785 Sir M^r. Holten as delegate from Massachusetts presented here the enclosed list of Certificates for examination. But as the numbers of Some are higher Numbers than the Copy of the Register deliver'd in by M^r. [undecipherable] contains, I must request that you will examine and certify the Sums for which they were originally issued, and that you well transmit your Certificates to me as soon as you can, which will oblige the Gentleman as well as Sir Your Most Obedient Humble Servant R^P. Milligan Comp^tr. Joseph Howell Esq^r. a Asst Comm^d. for Army Accounts [Letter from Comptroller's Office 30 May 1785 — Jos Howell Asst Com^or Army A/c]