Newburyport January 1^st 179[undecipherable] omitted to enter here & [undecipherable] joined [undecipherable] the sum of 145^{[undecipherable]}/[undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] which the [undecipherable] M[undecipherable] charged to him for the purchase of a Waggon and team when the army was disbanded I am therefore to request that you will retain the order in your hands until he produces a certificate from [undecipherable] Commissioner or myself that he has accounted in this sum Pierce J^{n[undecipherable]} Stephens Esquire Office of Army Accounts New York January 8^th 1784 Sir I have delayed the gentleman who handed me your Letter of the 30^th Ult[undecipherable] untill this day in order that I might myself survey the whole Muster Rolls of your regiment and obtain a thorough information of all the circumstances that attend the Vouching of it — I have now from a consideration of those and the statement contained in your Letter formed an opinion that I shall not be justified on the evidence before me in making an allowance for your advances to your Officers beyond what you have received from the[undecipherable]