Office of Army Accounts

New York Oct 10th 1787

Sir

Your letter to Mr Pierce of the 4th ins was yesterday received, agreeably to your request I have corrected the errors in the inclosed return by the original registers of this office, I am still of

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of opinion that some errors will yet appear as the multiplicity of business at the period of issuing those certificates prevented so close an examination as might be wished. I find several instances where the clerks in filling the certificates have inserted the name of the Soldiers that followed the one who should have been first noticed and omitted altering the number this accounts for William Stillwell receiving, the certificate which was intended for Samuel Wright and so in many others –

I am Sir Yo

Jos Howell Jr

James Mott Esq