[120] [S^ir] New York May 3. 1793. I do myself the Honor to enclose you a Statement of the pay an Clothing due that part of Colonel Humphreys Regiment raised in Connecticut — the muster Rolls of Cap. Throop's Company is imperfect in respect to Joseph Hill and Bejamin Tooley, whose dates of enlistment are not inserted. They have with John M^cBride received Money previous to their desertion. and the pay of those men will not Cover the money advanced — I am opinion that the officer who paid those men should be accountable to the United States, and the Same deducted from his pay. — the Clothing issued to deserters, in four instances over runs what they were entitled to receive for the time they served — but as the whole amount due them will Cover the Clothing received, the United States will Sustain No loss. Sam^l — J. Howell General Knox Comptroller Gen^l Office May 2. 1797 I received a Certificate N^o 944853 for 2503⁷⁰ Dollars in favor of Alexander Fowler Signed John Pierce. it is offered for loan, but the Case is so new and extraordinary I have postponed Loaning it, till I hear from you respecting the nature of the debt and whether the Creditor is the A Fowler late auditor of army accounts — Sam Jos^ph &^c J^no Nicholson Joseph Howell Esq^r Ag^t Gen^l