[705] Colonel Ball which is the two do you mean shall have Credit in the Public Books: —— I have answered Doctor Middletons Letter. having in this office no evidence whatever of his being in service after the 31^st December 1782 is the reason he has not been made up for [serve] after that period. M^r Dunscomb Doctor Basil Middleton New York March 19^th 1783 Sir, Yours of the 5^th Instant is received in answer to which I have to inform you that, there is no certificate or other evidence lodged in this Office of your being in Service after the 1 Januaray 1783 for which reason you were not included in the [specie pay] Rolls of 1783 — Your Subsistence account has been lodged in my Office and I find by the Charges in the Books that there is a ballance of 78[?] Dollars against you [?]— Sep^t 1782 C^r by To 5 Cantons 18 pay from 19 March [undecipherable] to 31 December [?] 23 days = 90 [?] P^d M^r [?] for subsist. Ballance due U.S. 33 4/82 — 08/72 Doll^r 20.72 [undecipherable]