Office of Army Accounts New York, March 28^th 1786. Sir Your letters of the 8 & 21 inst the former covering sundry papers of your late brother were duly received. I have been some days endeavouring to form a statement of Cap^t Jones' account which is now inclosed, but for want of the original papers cannot bring it to a close with any degree of precision — The last Muster Roll which I fixed of his company is taken 26 May 1777 and contains only forty men, in the return which you have transmitted there appears four men who are not included on this muster, which induces me to suppose that the muster roll now before me is not the last that was taken — Several queries arise which if they can be answered with any degree of certainty I am still of opinion that I shall be enabled to close the account. They are as follows (viz.) 1^st When did Cap^t Jones commence recruiting & when did he cease; did he draw rations while on the recruiting service? 2^d When did he leave Philadelphia with his company to join head quarters? 3^d Was he a recruiting serjeant that was not a soldier? what monies did he advance him & how long was the serjeant a recruiting? 4^th Was he a Drummer & fifer or either of them to assist in recruiting, who were not soldiers? & how long did they recruit? 5^th Did he supply his recruits with Cockades & how many of them? 6^th From what time did the men commence drawing provisions? 7^th Did the men join the main army by detachments or did Cap^t Jones march with the whole of them? 8^th Have you any memorandums or accounts for monies advanced by Cap^t Jones for the subsisting of his provisions to provisions being drawn? The first & second queries I should suppose M^rs Jones can answer, the rest I must leave to your own Memory or to such Memorandums as may still be procured. In the account you have transmitted I observe you make