[207] Philadelphia August 8^th 1787 Dear Sir, I have long wished to have the Account Settling of Lieut Peter Weiser Dec^d as the Powers of attorney lately taken up left in your Office in July 1786 by me, as I then could have no Settlement on account of his haveing been charged with some Money from General Hand — the Bearer M^r Benjamin Weiser will hand you the Papers relative thereto from General Hand, you will please let him have a Settlement, as he is fully Impowered and Authorized and Authorized to settle the same, Should Esteem it as a Particular mark of favour, if you would settle the Business with him if it lays in your power — Your obt Simeon Fickbaugh Joseph Howell Esq^r Office of Army Accounts New York Aug 8^th 1787 S^r Your Letter of the 8^th ulti came to hand the 3^d inst and was spoke by me in Consequence of M^r Weisers absence in Virginia, where he has been since the Beginning of April last — his absence I Presume has been the cause of no [undecipherable] on the Subject since upon