[strikethrough: N.B. Go to] Office of Army Accounts New York May 25 1786 Sir It is not in my power to furnish you with the information requested in your letter of to day, as I conceive myself bound [strikethrough: having directions] not to give any account of the nature or certificates issued [undecipherable], either in respect to the [undecipherable] by which [undecipherable] are obtained, or the numbers issued to the one of the Inhabitants of any State in particular, [strikethrough: unless] [strikethrough: direction] until I have the [undecipherable] of the Board of Treasury for that purpose. [undecipherable signature] Gerard Bancker Esquire [May 25^th 1786] [To Gerard Bancker Esq^r] [undecipherable]