continued in another Regiment and your acceptance of another appointment most probably will be construed as a supercedeas of this Commission — A resolution of Congress of June 5^th 1776 has directed that Aidecamps have the rank of Majors, and a resolution of Feby 21^st 1780 has directed that Commissions be Issued to those then inservice — whither the first act grants the same emoluments as that of the latter, and whether your leaving the Generals Family can entitle you to the privileges of an Aidedecamp inservice 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 Gren had his full Compliments of aids after you left him, and that M^r Peters'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 New York May 31^st 1786 Sir M^r Jackson (to whom you addressed your letter of the 25^th of march) being absent in Georgia, I took the liberty to open it and in answer to which have to inform you, that your old Cash Accounts are settled. that the certificates for arrears due to the army now sell for about 3/ in the Pound — and that the danger of establishing a precedent for payments or loan on these certificates, will prevent any success that you would otherwise meet with on an application to Congress for that purpose there being so many persons who are equally entitled, that it is impossible to extend justice to even a part, without partiality. The Rev^d M^r Boyd New York June 1^st 1786 Sir I do not find that M^r Wooley is entitled to the Years pay mentioned in yours of the 29^th Ult^o — it will therefore be necessary for him to produce evidence to support his claim before it can be admitted. M^r Theodorus Bailley Office of Army Accounts June 1^st 1786 Dear Sir I enclose are the Certificates due to Col^o Adams for which his brother has receipted to me — I have retained them and inclose them to you as I find charges against the Colonel which I did not know [strikethrough: forth] (with certainty) that you was possessed of when you forwarded