New York August 24^th 1786 Sir I have received your letter respecting your Claim for Commutation which shall be attended to. In Respect to your Claim for Subsistance money I believe it to be one of the engagements, which tho' not forgot by the Public cannot be paid for want of the means to do it. there is besides some difficulty in Obtaining the necessary documents to the Accounts of the Rations State due to the Army— Cap Jn^o Bruff Queen Anne County I am Sir Maryland J.P. Sir New York August 25^th 1786 Your Letter of the 8^th Instant to M^r Howell is now before me. There being Considerable sums of Money Charged in the Books of my Office against Joseph Wood late Col^o of the 8 Regiment Pennsylvania. I have to request You in my Official Character not to grant him any monies untill he settles his Accounts with the United States— M^r Howell Wishes you attention to the requests Contained in his Letter of the 8 Instant— I am John Nicholson Esq^r J.P.