Office of Army Accounts New York Nov. 17^th 1787 Sir On examination of the Books of this Office I find Captain David [undecipherable: Brooks] of the [undecipherable] Regiment has received by the hands of [his?] [Rep.?] Certificates amounting to Three thousand dollars being for his Commutation, those Certificates must be returned to this Office previous to my granting the Certificate requested by you — There appears no other charges against Captain [undecipherable: Brooks] than the above — Sam^l [undecipherable] Joseph Howell Jr. The Hon^ble The Secretary at War Office of Army Accounts New York Nov. 18^th 1787 Sir, In order to close the unliquidated Claims lodged in this Office as soon as possible, I have taken up all those belonging to the Non Comm^d Officers and Privates of the Virginia Line [undecipherable] the respective balances due thereon and paid the whole amount into the hands of [undecipherable] Carrington to be lodged with you for the benefit of the Proprietors — It is necessary to observe that sundry men included in the number [undecipherable] for, have drawn orders for their several balances in favor of [undecipherable] Kirkpatrick and others — these orders in their present form are inadmissible as we see here in this Office, for the reasons set forth opposite to their names as [undecipherable]: Thomas Smith order in favor A. Kirkpatrick witness [undecipherable] [undecipherable] there should be acknowledged before a Magistrate Jacob [undecipherable: Shoemaker] — ditto — ditto — [undecipherable] with by me hand Zadock Robinson — ditto — ditto — ditto Simon Cooper — ditto — ditto — ditto Joseph [undecipherable] — ditto — ditto — ditto Daniel [undecipherable: Barn] — ditto — ditto — ditto James Brooks — ditto — ditto — ditto Nicholas Neil — ditto — ditto — ditto [undecipherable] Trotter order in favor [Major?] [Gov.?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] appointed [undecipherable] Jos. M^cDowell — ditto — ditto — ditto [undecipherable] Brummey — ditto Wm. Raynolds — [undecipherable] — ditto Bartlett Holmes — ditto — ditto — [undecipherable] ditto Alexander Scott order in favor Daniel Broadhead [undecipherable] Samuel Horton do. of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] account sent back he being a [undecipherable: levy] of Virginia cannot be settled with in this Office — I have to request you will give a receipt for the whole and on enquiry you find that the beforementioned orders have been copied from genuine Originals that have been lodged in Virginia or elsewhere your Certificate of the same will render them sufficient in their present situation, for that otherwise there are no Orders lodged in this Office — The [undecipherable: Specie] pay due on these accounts for 1783 is reported to the Board of Treasury and will be included in the Virginia line at large — Sam^l [undecipherable] Joseph Howell Jr. [C. W. And. Dunscomb]