New York January 3. 1787 Dear Sir Your favor of the 21 December last is duly received. I am now ready to deliver the certificate for the balance of pay and Gratuity due to Pierce Manning amounting to 90 ⁶/90 dollars as soon as an Order from him is forwarded for that purpose — the Certificates for his pay for the years 1780, 1781 & 1782 have been given to the Agents of the line which if he has not received may still be with M^r Nicholson. Their Numbers and Sums are 63078 fⁿ 33 ²⁰/90 dollars 63893 for 76 dollars & 69083 for 20 dollars enclosed you will receive Manning's discharge — when you write please inform me in what manner the Certificate is to be sent and put your letter under cover to John Pierce Esq: P.M.G. Gen^l Rich. Humpton J Howell [undecipherable: probable reading]