Hartford May 22 1787 Sir, Major Elisha Painter now in Col^o Baldwins Regiment of artilery— and Soldier late Other Ranks in the Continental Army, din at New Haven in January 1781 his Widow and he having no Children, applies to the State for half pay, she wants the Documents which your Office only can give and if she dont obtain them this Week or early Next she will fail on her application— will you be so good as to send a Certificate of all that concerns this business the Widow will be Thankful as well as Your Hble Ser^vt John Pierce Esq^re Jno: Wordsworth Philadelphia 29^th of May 1787 Sir, I am requested in behalf of the Widow of Lieut. Wica of the Delaware Regiment, to ask your attention to her Case. it is stated that this Officer Received no pay for his Services as a Lieut from the 1 of August 1777 to some time in August 1778 when he Resigned his Commission, being unable being unable to perform the Duties of his Office Owing to a Wound he Received in the Battle of Germantown — Semo