[354] [Joseph Howell] Joseph Howell Esq^r Philadelphia Feb. 20^th 1799 Sir I received yours the 4^th Inst and am [undecipherable] sorry to see that [Your?] Accounts cannot be closed, for what reason I cannot tell — I have spoke to Col. Millett he told me that all the Charges against him were paid and that it was impossible to have taken receipts at the Prices [undecipherable] met with the [undecipherable] on their March [undecipherable] for Money — this he will testify. So, if it is in your power to hurry on the affair, I shall always be thankful I am Sir [undecipherable signature] Joseph Howell Esq^r Commissioners Office Philadelphia March [undecipherable], 17[undecipherable] Sir I am favoured with your Letter of the [undecipherable] and am much concerned to find objections have arisen to impede the settlement of the Accounts sent you — I cannot [undecipherable] the reasons which operate with the [undecipherable] against their admissibility, as I am well [undecipherable]