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Boston August 6th 1787

Cap Joseph Howell

Sir

in consequence of the letters you forwarded for me to Mr John Pierce in Virginia I have been favoured with his answer, he has effected something for me in Doctor Goulds affairs, but still he apprehends more may be got for which purpose you have an extract from his letter dated Richmond July 9th 1787. “There is as I informed you by last Post the sum of £2500 paid to “Doctor Gould in March 1778 on account of the pay of the “2nd Virginia state Regiment which reduced to specie makes the sum of £500 stopped from his account “which undoubtedly ought not to have (undecipherable) done for “the money must have been paid to the Regiment, I “have written for that reason to his Colonel and the Paymaster that succeeded him in August 1778 and I expect they will clear up the master so that this sum which “is larger than what I have already get, I hope to be able to remit to you in a few days perhaps the pay was

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was drawn through the Pay Office you had better therefore apply to Mr Howell and get him to search into the abstracts of Cols Smiths 2nd Virginia State Regiment and see whether James (undecipherble), did not draw the pay of it from the commencement of the service and whether there was not deducted form the above sum of £2500 (undecipherable) by Doctor Goulds Mr Pierce inclosed me a bill of John Groves or Messrs Boyle and Nicholson of Philadelphia for 358 (undecipherable) Dollars which he desired me to acknowledge the receipt of I have no doubt the bill will be duly honoured but as yet it has not been presented - you will greatly oblige me if you will look into Goulds affairs from the above extract and if you will write to Mr Pierce on the subject as soon as possible.

I am with esteem Yo

Thomas Bond