Office of Army Accounts New York March 16. 1787 Dear Sir, Inclosed you will receive a Recruiting Account of Captain [undecipherable] John Savage accompanied by [undecipherable] Abstract — Tho' I am not [undecipherable] of the Muster Rolls of the late 6^th Reg^t earlier than for the month of August 1777 I am under the necessity of requesting You to examine the Pay Rolls from the date of Enlistment to the 1^st July 1781 left with you and [undecipherable] Samuel Rogers John Jenkins John Smith William Dale & John LaRue are [undecipherable] for their Pay — these men are not in the musters [undecipherable] & therefore I cannot at present be admitted to the Credit of M^r Savage this has induced me to make his Accounts [undecipherable] wherein you will please to [undecipherable] in the first that M^r Savage is in debt to the United States and for the second in case these men are found that a balance is due him if the names of any of those Men are found by you, you will please to insert their Bounty in the Recruiting [undecipherable] and transmit M^r [undecipherable] a [undecipherable: Certificate?] of their being legally [undecipherable] — regards that I may be enabled to close M^r Savages [undecipherable] and to receive the necessary Certificate to procure his [undecipherable] as [a] [undecipherable: Supernumerary?] Officer — A few days [undecipherable: since?] I [undecipherable] you a few lines in respect to my [undecipherable: depreciation?] money [undecipherable] I [undecipherable] and answer with your [undecipherable: opinion?] thereon it will oblige D^r [undecipherable] & [undecipherable signature] John Nicholson Esq^r P.S. Please to return all [the?] accounts as soon as convenient [undecipherable] Savage first qualifying to the [undecipherable] Account — New York February [undecipherable] 1787 Dear Sir — Your favor of the 6^th January last [undecipherable] — I am prevented from complying with your request in granting a Certificate or [undecipherable: affidavit?] made from you as a [undecipherable: settlement?] for the Accounts of the Regiment as you stand with [undecipherable: divers?] [undecipherable] of Money received of the United States & of the State of Pennsylvania in your [undecipherable: better?] satisfaction I have submitted them & wish you to give the most early information in what manner this money was appropriated — The Charges are as follows Viz. 1779 then Paid you by William Palfrey P.M.G. for deficiencies at Returns for the 1783 5^th Regiment Received 1503 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Paid you by John Pierce Esq. P.M.G. by the hands of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] a detachment of the 5^th Regiment 1779 for [undecipherable] March [undecipherable] June [undecipherable] 1690 12 [Dec?] 10 Paid you by the State of Pennsylvania [undecipherable] M^r Nesbit for recruiting Col [undecipherable] 375 30 [undecipherable] Pay [bills?] [undecipherable] [bills?] on [bills?] 375 12 by [bills?] [undecipherable] John [undecipherable] Esq. 750 1777 [undecipherable] by [bills?] [undecipherable] M^r Nesbit [undecipherable] 375 2 875 [undecipherable] 5000 Colonel [undecipherable] is also charged with large sums of money [undecipherable] for raising his Regiment and on a full examination into the Book of the late Auditors of the Army as well as those of this Office I cannot find more than one Officer of the 5^th Regiment who has made a settlement of his account for recruiting this Officer Captⁿ Thomas Butler has