[.196.] thank you to frank the Letters Direct to me at Haverhill in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Yours & Cha^s Bark John Pierce Esq^r Deerfield 1 May 1797 Sir. Meeting with an opportunity by Cap^t Norris, I take the Liberty again to solicit the Copies of my Voucher Accounts that I wrote to you in last Summer and again in February last but have not Recd any answer. M^r Snowman tells me that you did not fully understand my meaning — the Certifycate that I want of you is that the Accounts of N^o 4 2. 3 &4 Contains a full Statement of all General States Military Accounts; and that he has legally Accounted for all the Moneys that he Received from the Publick while an Officer in the American Army — this Certificate I wish you to sign Officially and transmit to me by the return of Cap^t Norris who will have the Honour of delivering them. This Gentleman is the Father of one Eliphalet Norris who was taken up some time since for Passing Counterfeit Publick Securities. his Business is to See what is become of his Son, altho the Son may have been Guilty of faults, yet