[645] [A letter received dis[undecipherable] as to of a ... Febru[undecipherable] has been given to him ... [undecipherable] does not ... makes or difference in this claim which appears to ... to to be a double payment — Sam to [undecipherable]] M^rs James Gibbon Richmond July 28. 179[undecipherable] Dear Sir I intended to have waited on you from here having [undecipherable] but I was disappointed — I have since my return received a Copy of the Balance of your account [undecipherable] depreciation settled with M^r Milligan and also [undecipherable] with the State by which it appears that your Pay and Rations have been twice drawn from December 10^th 1778 to January 1^st 1782 the the table has been at different prices but in the whole brings you considerably in debt to the United States or the State of Virginia — I am convinced the error arose from a supposition that the account settled with Milligan was for your rations which was not the case as appears by an exact copy of it I have now enclosed you — a copy also of your depreciation account settled with this State I also inclose you and am with esteem & [signature] Cap^t Erasmus G[undecipherable]