Office of Army Accounts New York Nov 17^th 1787 Sir On examination of the Books of this Office I find Captain David Books of the Hanes Regiment has received by the hands of his Agen. 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 Books than the above — Sam^l Su d^o The Hon^ble Joseph Howell Jr. The Secretary at War --- Office of Army Accounts Sir New York Nov 19^th 1787 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 Commissioned Officers and Private.