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New York Decemb 8th 1787

Dear Sir

I had just time on Thursday last to acknowledge the receipt of the 26th (undecipherable) after doing any letter your favour of the 19th Novem was handed me and yesterday I received the duplicate from the hands of Cap Allyn.

I now enclose you a statement of the accounts of Capt Edmonds died (undecipherable) and Doctor Skinner, the latter you will find has received more specie than was due him as (undecipherable) and that he has been overpaid in certificates the sum of 13 (undecipherable) dolls his subsistence has also been drawn to the 1st Aug 1783 as (undecipherable) the clothing charged the two former Gentlemen appears to me to have been accounted for tho unproperly as the United States has not the Benefit of the goods delivered, this however may be notified it thought necessary by their certificates being cancelled or the state passing the same to the credit of the United States and give you a certificate of its being done.

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done - this I think necessary that you may charge the same in the books. Perhaps it may not be amiss before a report is made to the board of this specie due, that a certificate be obtained from the proper officer that none of this clothing was delivered by the state. Yours J H Jr

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Decemb 10th 1787

The trunk with the papers are received in good order. J H Jr