Particular State, which principal being Acknowledged will prevent his being affected by the derangement of 1779 and include him in the one of December 31. 1783. which has given the Commutation Your Commissioner on Considering this reasoning cannot esteem it as Conclusive, because M^r Henleys Commission on which he founds his Claim and which is the highest Evidence has annexed him to a Regiment; the Public Officers are therefore Obliged to Consider him in the same light [strikethrough: than] as the Officers of the Regiment at that time— the only difference between them is that he became a Supernumary in the Service at a much Earlier Period than the others, this it could not take place in the legal sense, untill a general Arrangement under the express Authority of Congress— [HL] Sir New York August 30.^th 1786 Your Letter respecting your Accounts have been received, and I have entered your Name in my Books to prevent your being forclose, the Sum Charged against you by General Paterson as received for Recruiting is 1900 dollars. Doctor Johnston I believe is now at Carlisle in Penn^a. I am— [Col. Sam^t. Brewer] [HL]