[Illegible Text — Some or all of the pages of this file are wholly or in part illegible. We have not been able either to locate a better copy of the document, or to enhance its legibility electronically.] Account Current S. And^w Dunscomb la Certificates issued — [remainder of page largely illegible] 289.56 D^r A. Dunscomb Esq^r To certificates delivered to him from N^o74.390 to 80.495 — 2,106 37.401 to 88900 — 1,500 To the following numbers [?] blank in the Register viz: [strikethrough: 78.048, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] 74.0[undecipherable] 57.395 – 24 – 41 – 385 – 415– 53.105 – 160 – 168 – 294 – 364 – 365– 53.380 – 305 – 389 ______________ 25 To the following numbers returned to him after being paid, [cancelled?] viz: 78.913 – 79.207 – 772 – 960 – 87.762 87.990 – 88.058 – 54 – 57 – 63 – 71 – 96 1[undecipherable] 88.430 – 88.431 ______________ 1[undecipherable] 3,645 [strikethrough: C—] By [struck: as per] his Book from 78.390 to 80.495 — 2,106 87.869 to 88.4[undecipherable] — By Certificates returned for one 1,036 [undecipherable lines, heavily struck through] By one not returned and [unaccounted] for being N^o87.915 ______________ 1 3,645 Office of Army Accounts New York June 19, 1786 Dear Sir Your letter of the 8^th Instant, together with your vouchers and papers now arrived, in safety — The [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to your [undecipherable] concerned [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] certificates were found [undecipherable] wrong taken in and [undecipherable] and the margins of the certificates from N^o37.401 to 88.450 — I find however that you [have] returned in your Register N^o87.915 as never issued by you [undecipherable] [you] said the same on the margin of the certificate against that same [number] which makes one more blank which ought to be [deleted?] [To?] give a [clear] stating of this mistake. I have received the account current of your certificates [undecipherable] — I have charged you with the certificates and also the blank[s] [undecipherable] your Register on the other side of the account [strikethrough: and] you will soon [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the blanks and those [undecipherable] to appear and if the certificates returned — I have [examined] each [number] and find the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be 87.915 — When I go out of office, [this will not only] to your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] such documents as may arise in consequence [undecipherable] lodged with me — it will take a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] treasurer before I can [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. If the widow and children of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] obtain this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from the States, I believe an application to Congress would be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as Congress [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the States and will not [interfere?] in their own [accounts?]. It is not my duty to settle for this claim, it will [evidently?] [undecipherable] I issue a resolution of Congress directing [undecipherable] [undecipherable] out of my [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] any certificates. As for [undecipherable] the balance in [Charles?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] the quota of Virginia — I find [undecipherable] also as [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] quota — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] whether he settled his [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] pay in the State of [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] If the Muster Rolls and Auditors Papers [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the District, and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], as they are wanting to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Army and the State. A. Dunscomb [undecipherable] [289.56]