[Page number: 177.] Richmond June 29^th 1787 Dear Sir After two letters the last of which is of the 19^th inst received Doctor Middleton's claim cannot be granted on her present certificates. I shall write to him Enclose a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Carrington to be defested [undecipherable] I hope the [undecipherable] of the Office is going on well and that my presence can be dispensed with for a longer time than was expected and I hope also that M^r [undecipherable] will soon join you, my Compliments to the Gentlemen of the Office and remain with regard &a Pierce M^r Swan A By [undecipherable] Middleton Annapolis June 30 1787 Sir I received your letter on the subject of [undecipherable] State [undecipherable] the Maryland Line the abstract made out by me which you mention was executed with as much accuracy as was in my power from the papers and vouchers I could command — It was a work of labour & I presume is not wide from the true State of the cases I left the balances to be struck on a supposition the account would undergo a revision in M^r Pierce's Office. The account I presented as being authentic as you will see by my letter to M^r Pierce on the subject which was some time in Pierce