Office of Army Accounts New York March 17^th 1788. Dear Sir The receipts for Col. Havards Certificate with your letters of the 8^th & 14^th Instant are now before me — I find by the Returns of Prisoners that Doct. Humphrey Fullerton was exchanged the 26 August 1778 — As the Claim of Rev. M^r Harris does not come under the notice of this Office I Shall present Col. Walker with the Certificate in his favour and your letter — Capt. Willing was Settled with at the Treasury as was also M^r Slick but I believe none of the Men ever received a Settlement — I am Sir Your Ob^t (Signed) Joseph Howell Jun^r. D^r Nicholson Esq^r Office of Army Accounts New York March 17^th 1788 Sir Your Letter of the 14^th Instant is received. I wrote you on the 11^th of February last that your Petition had been referred to the Board of Treasury and that they had reported to Congress that your fathers Accounts could not be closed in their present Situation — what Congress have done in consequence of this Report I am a Stranger to. I am of opinion that it would be unnecessary for you to come on without first receiving the Sentiments of Col. [undecipherable] to whom