the registers filed in this Office I find that James Armstrong was a balance in the North Carolina line and received Five Certificates N° 303623 you make mention of from Mr. Ebenezer Perkins the commissions for that State it being a first of his commutation — Cap^ts Armstrong of New Jersey was settled with for his Commutation at Philadelphia and received three certificates N° 133, 39, 86, 7440 of one thousand dollars each, those Certificates were endorsed by me as was generally the Case of Individual settlement when they were of the quota of Pennsylvania. I wish you may soon be enabled to give me the information particularly in any billets which [undecipherable] unanswered as it [undecipherable] wanted — I am &c Joseph Howell J^r John Nicholson Esq^r New York November 30, 1786 Dear Sir The enclosed letter to [undecipherable] M^r [undecipherable] requests you will be pleased to forward by some safe conveyance as soon as possible — I beg to remind you of your Promise of forwarding the charges against [undecipherable] Baker Major Benefit & do they are greatly wanted