[326] [same time] I am with great respect Y^r H^ble Ser^t Joseph Howell I do hereby Certify that in pursuance of the annexed orders I have settled the accounts of Cap^t Richardson Phile and Priestly and have allowed them their pay and rations as such from the known specified in said Certificates and that I have further allowed them the years pay admitted to Supernumerary Officers who were arranged in pursuance of the Acts of Congress of the 3^d Nov. 1779. 22 May 1779 and 26^th May 1791. $ 25 M^r Joseph King Office of Army Accounts New York, Jan^y 3^d 1788 Sir I have this Moment received yours of the 26 Ult^o your letter of the 13^th Decem^r last was duly received ex-pecting M^r Harris's return prevented me from writing to M^r Phile's as the Business properly comes under his notice — in respect to the request contained in your letter received this day I am very I cannot comply with it— for tho you are not indebted to the United States as an Officer in the late line of New Jersey yet while