will not surrender without a pecuniary reward, and that all the several Officers have in settlement of their accounts voluntarily Credited the moneys charges them and which appears to be the same as is set forth in the Memorandums, yet as far the greater part of the Officers have still to account with the United States, and several being dead, your Commissioner conceives it will prove injurious to the United States to exonerate the Estate of Gen^l de Haas before those Officers to whom he has advanced Money have accounted for the same. all which is humbly submitted J Howell M^r John P. de Haas Office of Army Accounts New York Feb^y 11^th 1789 Sir Your Letter of the 8^th Inst was this day received. Your petition to Congress was referred to the Commissioner of the Treasury to report, in order to know their Sentiments I waited on them and am directed to inform you that they have reported, that the accounts cannot be closed in their present situation which report I suppose Congress will agree to. as M^r Pierce is expected every day, you will please to