[Pray give my former letter on this Subject, another reading, and write me again as soon as convenient.] Joseph Howell Jun^r C. Richmond Annapolis May — 1788 Dear Sir I was so hurried I could not find time to write you by last post — the races having brought a large number of Officers to Town kept me employed in closing their accounts from sun to sun — M^r Dunscomb's meaning undoubtedly was the Agent of Maryland Dragoons who received the final Settlement certificates for that Corps — he wishes to know if the Agent will not be at Richmond in order to pay those Soldiers belonging to the State of Virginia who served in that reg^t and it appears he has settled with several under that description before he was apprised their accounts had been settled with the public by the said Agent — M^r Dunscomb you will note settles Individually, & therefore great care becomes necessary that he does not give pay to any Inhabitants of Virginia who have served in a Corps and belonging to that State may have had their arrears from the Continent settled in said corps — There is