Office of Army Accounts New York July 24^th 1787 Sir Agreably to your request of yesterday I have enclosed a Copy of the account exhibited by Major Edmund Horne N.B. and Secretary to the late Major General Greene for sundry advances made by him to Officers of the southern army I am with great esteem Jos. Nourse Esq^r My Dear Sir Richmond July 25^th 1787 I am very unhappy to find by your Letter the last of which I received by [undecipherable] that your Lady continues so unwell, your situation is very disagreeable and I heartily with that the event may turn out different than you immagine, the disorder which she is seized with cannot be judged of with certainty and many persons who have been despaired of have ultimately recovered I do not know how many additional Clerks will be necessary in my office and whether any if [undecipherable] want one, I have no objection to M^r Kirkpatrick and from the information you give of him, suppose his abilities would be an acquisition. at Present I do not think myself at liberty to engage him. I hope to return some time in August but [undecipherable] not before the latter [undecipherable] of it — Sam^d J[undecipherable: Jo^s] [signature] Doctor Bond has requested my attention to a Claim of Doctor M^cGuild. I find Guild is charged with $500 received by him from the State as Paymaster to the [undecipherable] Virginia State Regiments in March [undecipherable] and the same deducted from his accounts, the balance I have remitted to Doctor Bond in Bills of exchange on Philadelphia if he is not there well one inform M^r Williams first — I wish you also to inform me if Guild ever received any money or settled any account as Paymaster, with the children — [undecipherable] James Charles who is mentioned when has settled his accounts he says he has and that it was done at Middlesex if you can find his account currently I will thank you for it by the return of the post — Sam^d Jo^s [signature] Jos. Howell Esq^r