Office of Secretary And may 30^th. Sir I have examined and you the contents of your letter of the 22 Ult^o. I am of opinion that it is necessary for you personally to report in this to the Secretary at War or [strikethrough: to get a for] the confirmation of your rank and appointments in the Service, before I can be justified in making additional payment of your account. The commission you enclose was originally within which was a stitched this second year for which it was raised — and your not being continued in another regiment and your acceptance of the another appointment, most probably will be construed as a supersedeas of this Commission. A Resolution of Congress of June 5. 1776 has directed that aid de Camps receive the rank of Major, and a resolution of July 21. 1780 has directed that Commissions be issued to them in Service — [strikethrough: but] whether they [strikethrough: would] [strikethrough: grant the proceedings] the sum allowed that instruments as that of the latter, and whether your accepting the