Office of Army Accounts N[undecipherable] July 8^th 1786 I have rec'd your letter advising me [undecipherable] [undecipherable] earliest opportunity to get them [undecipherable] place. Your pay as Judge Advocate, has [not] been settled, for the reason that the [rules] of Congress do not permit one person to [be] paid in two capacities, and that you [have] already been paid for the same [undecipherable] as Auditor [undecipherable] [To] Fowler Esq.