[162] ...Corpol Porter has done, as his Company was not attach'd to my [command?] during the time you charge— if on the contrary your pay has not been drawn, it will be absolutely necessary that a certificate be given by your Late [troops?] now defunct Porter, that the pay is yet due, and the reason why it was not drawn — all that certificates being obtained I have reason to believe justice will be done you— your presence will be necessary to accomplish the business Jos Howell M^r James Bray Dear Sir, Allentown January 3^d 1786 There is a great favor, if you will inform me whether Congress have agreed upon any thing with respect to granting a compensation to the Regimental Agents of no particular State. I have long applied for information on this subject from [undecipherable] Jenkins or M^r Duane as agreeable to promise but have been disappointed, and as I am [undecipherable] much to make a full settlement with your Office, hope you will write me by next [undecipherable] Stage — my compliments to all friends Richard Lloyd Joseph Howell Esq^r Pay Office New York January 4^th 1786 Your letter of the 3^d/10 [undecipherable] respecting your three months pay were received this day — in answer to which I have to inform you that you stand charged in this Office with the same, as [paid?] to you by M^r [undecipherable] Mackley — and if that has not been the case, it would not have been in my power to render you the money until the [undecipherable] for