[335] Richmond Jan^ry 27 1797 Sir My deputy has informed me that Colo Barrington cannot give a sufficient certificate to found your pay upon for the Year 1793 — that you are not returned in any arrangement, nor is there any account of your services for that Year in the Office — Colo Barrington thinks that if you were in 1793 it will be in your power to procure a certificate of the same from your commanding Officer, which will sufficiently establish your claim. he says he saw you in South Carolina in 1793 but that is all he recollects of your services or terms of absence — I am Sir with regard & esteem Your ob^t Serv^t J^no Pierce D^rs Bazil Middleton