New York December 13^th 1780 Dear Sir Inclosed are the vouchers you transmitted to me relative to the charges in Col^o White's account. They are returned because his accounts are to be acted on by him with the State. The letter to him I will thank you to deliver on his arrival at Richmond. It contains his accounts and vouchers — Cap^t Frances Mentie having settled his account of old monies with you and not accounted for the whole he received extra a considerable sum I have looked and sent his account as it stands in my Books and also in your settlement — I observe also that he charges his extra pay as Aid de Camp while prisoner. you know that the pay of an Officer as Commission never ceases until he is brought to a legal discharge, but the extra pay of a Staff appointment is only given for certain temporary services performed which ceases with the services and an Officer as soon as made a Prisoner being incapacitated from services cannot therefore be intitled to an extra pay. his place was therefore immediately filled by some other Officer where the service was still necessary where not the Office and its appendages consequently cease. I wish you therefore to inform me of the reasons of this charge and the propriety of its admittance. I am &^c Andrew Dunscomb Esq^r J. Pierce