a citizen of the state of New Jersey induces me to request a Certificate from you what monies &c (if any) have been advanced him, as also to be informed whether he or any person for him has rec'd depreciation on his pay from the state of New Jersey. M^r Pierce is still absent from the office which prevents me from obtaining a frank- you will please to direct under cover to him In complying with this request by the return of the Post you will particularly oblige Sir your obedient Servant Jo: Howell Jun^r. James Mott Esq: Burlington March 5 1788. At the request of my sister, widow of the late Capt Gibs Jones I am induced to trouble you with a few lines to request that you will be so good as to take the trouble to look over the papers of accounts that she will send to you by this conveyance & to have them adjusted for her in your office — the account sent to you is as accurate as it would be drawn out from the papers that she has in her possession — Capt Jones having lost all his inlistments & others papers with his Baggage at the Battle of Brandywine & the Musters Rolls & other papers being left with the company when he resigned. but you having all his Muster Rolls in yours office can easily ascertain the numbers of men he inlisted as all the men in his Company must have been inlisted by him as he had no officers recruiting for his company but Capt Lieut B: who never joind it he being to the northward & any men Capt Bo: might have inlisted must have joind the company that he did to the northward — Lieut Kemper rec'd 100 Dollars of Capt Jones for recruiting but I can find no paper that gives any account of any men inlisted by Lieut Kemper, but should he have inlisted any, an account of it must be in your office. Capt Jones was not on the Continent when the time limited for the settlement of the accounts was published & M^rs Jones intends to petition Congress for an order for a settlement. Yours taking care of the papers sent to you & settling the account for hers will be obliging the fatherless & the Widow. Since writing the above we have found a Memorandum of the names of 31 recruits inlisted by Capt Jones, with 2 inlistments which will be sent. there is no charge ^mad for inlisting or subsisting his recruits as we did not know what is allowed. Your compliance will much oblige Sir Your Hum Serv^t James Morris Jones John Pierce Esq: Burlington March 24 '88 Sir At the request of my Sister I wrote to you when she forwarded the accounts of late brothers Capt Gibbs Jones in which she requested your assistance relative to the settling of them & not hearing from you since is doubtful that the Letters might have miscarried — She again requests your assistance on that head & would be [strikethrough: glad] much obliged to you if you would be pleased to let her know when they will be settled by Letter directed to Margaret Jones to the care of M^r Thomas Paul. [undecipherable] Court Philadelphia, or under a cover to him- Your compliance will much oblige Your Hum Serv^t James M. Jones Joseph Howell Jun^r. Esq: