continued in another Regiment and your acceptance of another appointment most probably will be construed as a supersedure of this Commission — Resolution of Congress of June 3^d 1776 has directed that A.Camps have the rank of Major, and a resolution of May 21^st 1780 has directed that Commissions be issued to those then in service — whether the first act grants the same emoluments as that of the latter, and whether your leaving the General's family, can entitle you to the priviledges of an Aide de camp in service on the 21^st February 1780 and make you an Officer in the line of the Army, are questions to be determined — It is necessary to observe however that General Green had his full Compliment of aids after you left him, and that M^r Pierce's letter to you appears to represent that you had left your former line of duty without the expectation of returning to it — Major William Blodget S^d New York May 25^th 1786 [S^r] M^r Joachim (to whom you addressed your letter of the 25^th of Nov^r) being absent in Georgia, I took the liberty to forward it and in answer to which have to inform you, that your old back Accounts are settled, that the certificates for arrears due to the army