Captain was supplied Immediately on his leaving General Clinton by Lieu^t Morris who continues as aid to the General, and the [undecipherable] Major Burnett may say as such, from that time to the end of the War that the appoint- ments of aids on the first Years of the War was made by the Major Generals themselves, and the Rank granted to them by the [undecipherable] of June the 3^d 1779 - appears never to have been confirmed by any [undecipherable] in the Line under the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] 21 1780. Your Commission therefore I humbly of opinion that considering the Nature of the [undecipherable] some appointment at the time of his Leaving the General family, his entering into a nother Service, his then being supplied by C Patterson, and his never Returning to his former Station, that he must be classed as out of the Service at the from 1779, and is not entitled to any benefits or appointments that were granted the aids and the officers of the Line after that Period, all which is humbly Submitted Office of Army Accounts New York Oct 8^th. 1797 Sir, I have to send your answer and [undecipherable] the Statement now made [undecipherable] is a Balance due you of [undecipherable] to not properly allow your Interest on the Certificte which you have Entered into the office for the Reason that the Balance which Stood against you on your Settlement was due to the U.S. Previous to the date of the Certificte above Mentioned — I have [undecipherable] [undecipherable: probable reading "Jno"] [undecipherable]