/// the 5000 dollars does not appear to have been accounted for at least there are no papers with those of Col^o Wood that can throw any light on the subject Sum &c &c J. Howell D^r Gen^l & M^r Irvine : To the foregoing sum received by Colonel [undecipherable: Bayard?] I find he has reced of Colonel Wood in Jan^y 1778 one hundred and eighty dollars and on the 23 of February 1779 the sum of nine hundred and ten dollars for the recruiting service for which there are receipts — [undecipherable] Gen Irvine — J. Howell D^r --- Philadelphia Decem^r 12, 1787 Sir I write to you for assistance as Col. Williams makes me much trouble. he inform'd me that he is determined to have judgement for the ballance of his account that he recd from you next court — as there [is] nothing