Richmond Dear Col^o, Decemr 25^th 1786 as you are in New York, I shall be greatly obliged to you, to put in a Certificate of my returning to the Southward (Charles town) in the year 1783, also to the enclosed [undecipherable] from Gen. Greene — and give it to Mr. P[ierce] who will then give me a Certificate for the balance of my pay from [undecipherable] 1783. and then wishing you every [undecipherable] [I] remain with the greatest Respect [undecipherable] B. Middleton [I know that Doctor Bazil Middleton did return to Charleston in the year 1783, but am [undecipherable] with no other particulars respecting his services or terms [of service]. Ed. Carrington Col. Carrington New York June 12. 1787] [over] [Docket, written sideways:] [undecipherable] Long Cha[rleston?] / Virgi[nia?] [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / Dec[undecipherable] / 1783 [Edmund [undecipherable], Esq^r Mr Pierce, Com[undecipherable] Gen[undecipherable] New York [undecipherable]]