[211] New Brunswick January 2^d 1784 as the account extracts from our books omitted to enter [undecipherable] the sum of 145 ²²/100 Dollars spent which the D^r M^r charged to him for the purchase of a Waggon and team when the army was established I am therefore to request that you will retain the order in your hands until he produces a certificate from [undecipherable] or myself that he has accounted in this sum Pierce Jⁿ: 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 Ulto until 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 [undecipherable] of it — I have now from a consideration of these 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]