New York January 11^th 1787 Sir, Colonel Baldwins regiment were paid for 1776 on an abstract referring to the Pay Rolls which are not to be found. I cannot therefore ascertain the Officers Non Commissioned Officers & Privates the number of men in the regiment or those who had deserted from it. Oliver Wolcott Jun. Esq. Pierce New York January 14^th 1787 Sir, Mr. John Durham Attorney late Pay master to the main army, received from me in September 1783 thirty five Dollars on account and in the year 1781 he received at York Town in goods to the amount of sixty six dollars & [undecipherable] neither of which I have not any evidence that they have been accounted for — I am &c Pierce James Milligan Esq^r New York January 15 1787 Sir, I have considered your claim upon the United States, and find that you were made a prisoner on the 22^d of September 1777, and that you were exchanged on the seventh of November 1782, that during that time on the 1^st of May 1779 the regiment in which you belonged was incorporated with that of [undecipherable] Atkins — and that you were enrolled in that arrangement and then considered as retiring from the Service — You are therefore comprehended within the resolution of June 30^th 1786 of which I enclose a copy — I will settle your accounts on the principles of this resolution on your obtaining a certified copy of your depreciation account settled with the State which settlement will allow you Pay to the time of your exchange and the years pay on your appointment as a retiring Officer — The difficulty you [undecipherable] from Col. Hartley is that he is not sensible that you resigned your Commission which is conformable to the Public records. I therefore place you on no better footing than those records, and indeed it must be presumed that the Colonel has no official means of information respecting the Officers of his regiment after February 15^th 1779 when he resigned his appointment in the army — Pierce Capt. Ch^s Coxall