New York Nov 17th 1787

Dear Sir

Your letter of the 14th ins with the inclosures was received the 15t I now return you the certificates of Doctor Trezvant as I do not conceive myself justifiable in extending his pay further than has been admitted by Mr Dunscomb who must have been possessed of the necessary evidence to the settlement of the account and if the Doctor conceived himself intitled to more the claim should have been made at the time Colo Anderson certificate is

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inexplicit he says, he the Doctor was in service in Feby 1780 but is silent in respect to his continuance. General Scotts certificate would have weight provided evidence can be procured, that Colonel Parker commanded the detachment to the end of the war and that no other surgeon was paid for the services claimed by Doctor Treyvant a further objection arises to this clam which is that I do not find the Doct on the return of Prisoners therefore their is no evidence of his exchange, consequently I cannot tell how or when he was released from captivity.

I am yo J Howell Jr

Jno Pierce Esq