[No] New York August 16 1786 Your Letter of the 24 July being received I have attended to its inclosures, your Account of expences I do not know what to advise you concerning, my instructions are of such a Nature that I cannot take them up. and I do not Know the Office that has a proper Authority to do it. The Certificate by Samuel Cormend as A.C.P. comes properly before M^r Millegan, those by M^r Ired. for Townsend as A.S. agent comes properly before M^r Custoncuts the State Auditor. [signature] M^r Aaron Bull. Gentlemen. Office of Army Accounts Aug 26 1786 I do myself the Honor to Inclose to the Board a Stating of John Paul Schott's accounts as they have been Settled in my Office. Gentlemen J.P. Board of Treasury. [Report.] Office of Army Accounts Aug 28 1786 The Commissioner for Settling the Accounts of the late Army, to whom was referred the Memorial of David Henley— Begs Leave to Report That the Memorialist held a Regular Commission as a Colonel of a Regiment of Foot in the Service of the United States of America his rank Commencing the first day of January 1777. That no Arrangement took place after the date of his Commission untill the year 1779 when the Army was new Organized, and the Supernumerarys were Considered as retiring on a years Pay under the resolution of Congress of January 10. 1778. July 26. 1778. June 4. 1778. Aug. 10. 1778. November 24. 1778. Feb. 29. 1779. March 9. 1779. Apr 5. 1779. which were carried into Effect by the late Commander in Chief as appears by his Returns and Letters to & from the War Office. That Col^o David Henley was not Continued in the list of Officers of the Massachussets Line in any of the 16 Additional Regiments when said Arrangement was made which discontinuance leads your Commissioner to Suppose that Col^o Henley than became a Supernumary Officer and entitled to only the Emoluments than granted to such a Character. Your Commissioner begs leave to State for the Consideration of Congress the grounds on which the Col^o has founded his claim for commutation which are That his not being annexed to any Regiment in the Service, ought to enable him to be considered as an Officer of the line in general and not as belonging to any Particular