[undecipherable] ... of the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] accounts are correct [undecipherable] [strikethrough: the] the settlement of accounts of this nation do not come within my department [undecipherable] of course it is unnecessary for me to give you any opinion respecting it, but had you belonged to the line of the Army you would not be entitled to the depreciation and to several other charges contained in your accounts Major Sumner a gentleman now in Georgia, [will] shew you a resolution of Congress ^declaring that all the creditors of the United States are entitled to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Interest from the [undecipherable] their respec- [undecipherable] Ap. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Oliver Bowin Esq^r. Ap.^l 15^th 1786] [filed]