New York January 15 1797 Dear Sir I received you in my letter of October 19^th that an account wherein you had made a mistake of one hundred Dollars but the name of the Officer was omitted, for which reason I am uncertain whether it was the one indorsed Doctor J^no [undecipherable] or not. I therefore inclose it and request if it is not name Riddic that you would attempt to get this sum back from him. J^m White Esquire Sam^l Pierce New York January 16^th 1797 Sir Your Letter of the 3^d instant is received enclosing a warrant for one Hundred Dollars and also of two army receipts taken by Colonel Harmar, according to the general Principles of Public business, office of receipts & vouchers are not a ground to authenticate a charge against any Officer, and therefore admitting them in this instance as a credit to the Colonel before the Officer has by their settlement acknowledged the same, is improper. I am not however returned the Papers as you requested, because I shall want them when the accounts of the forces are settled, if the receipts are not then forwarded, which I hope will be the case. I am of opinion that the best mode of ballanacing the Colonels account, is by a settlement with the [undecipherable], in