Joseph Howell Esq^r D^r Sir I received your favor of the 18^th Inst enclosing a Certificate No [undecipherable: 4990] for [undecipherable: twenty two] dollars which Shall be delivered [undecipherable: Leonard] [undecipherable: Vandervost] on his application — also the Certificate No [undecipherable: 4995] for one hundred and [undecipherable: fifteen] and [undecipherable] dollars for [undecipherable] James Cunningham which I have sent to him I am Dear Sir Y^r Most Ob^t [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Jn Richardson] Comptrollers [undecipherable] Office Nov [undecipherable] 1787 --- Joseph Howells Esq^r Comptroller [undecipherable] Office Feb^y 3^d 178[undecipherable] D^r Sir I received your favor of the [undecipherable] Ultimo enclosing returns of the Officers and [undecipherable: Soldiers] of the Pennsylvania line in the Independent Corps of the army as to such as were in service at the end of the War. I beg it will according to the grant of Congress September 1776 be necessary for you to have those also who have been in [undecipherable] before [undecipherable] and Discharged before the end of the War, if this