[41] the first of January to the day of his death is made up and a Certificate issued to the Agent — Inclosed is a return of the Supernumerary Officers of the late 4^th Regiment of Penn.^a as there are no charges in the books of the Pay Office against these Gentlemen yet I am led to believe that they received money from Col. McPay for the recruiting service, as that Gentleman is charged with monies for that purpose which are unaccounted for — I am &^c J Howell jr. Jno Nicholson Esq^r Return of the Supernumerary Officers of the 4^th Penn. Reg: L^t. Henry Neely 22 Jan^y 1779 [undecipherable] Commutation for being Brant Mickey do Continued in Service Cap. Matt^w [undecipherable]atk do do — Thomas Cook do do — & Nat^l [undecipherable]sley & Nov. 27, 79 rec'd [undecipherable] Pay [undecipherable] J. [undecipherable] 1786 Taken from the minutes of Oct. Nov & Nov 78 & Jan^y 79 dated 21 Feb^y 1779 New York 8^th May 1786. Dear Sir, Inclosed you will receive two Certificates N^o 99975 for 184[undecipherable] Dol issued in your favor and one N^o 99996 for 200 Dol issued in favor of [undecipherable] Percival Butt[undecipherable] These Certificates were intended to have been forwarded agreeable to your request by M^r Erskine who allo[undecipherable]