[324] New York Feb^ry 22^d 1788. In reply to your request of the 9^th instant I send you a Return of Certificates paid by me commencing with N^o 97&c and ending N^o 94.303. the Certificate I paid to Thomas Hyfes you will find to correspond with the Register. I am Sir &c Jo. Pierce William Ellery Esq^r C. L. O. Newport Office L. Army. Accounts New York Feb^ry 25 1788 Sir The officers of the late 4^th Regiment of L^t Dragoons are daily making application at this office for a settlement of their accounts, and which I am prevented from doing in consequence of the monies which have been issued to you from the public for the raising of this Regiment, part of which I presume has been advanced to the officers for the raising & equipping of their Troops. I have therefore to request you to come forward with your Accounts as is necessary to form a settlement that I may be enabled to comply with the wishes of the officers — If, Sir, your Vouchers are lost I would suggest the Idea of an application to Congress and as there is at present a full representation I presume the present opportunity to be the best that will present itself for some time — Jo. Pierce Gen^l Stephen Moylan New York Feb^ry 26 1788. Sir I have agreably to your request attended to the nature and circumstances here of the appointments made to the late Major Elisha Painter by the United States and take the liberty to State my opinion on thema