New York May 4^th 1788 Sir Enclosed you will receive an extract of a letter from M^r [undecipherable] to me which [undecipherable] from me in answer thereto — There being a probability that a certificate evidence [undecipherable] by the State of Virginia for the amount retained by the State in the settlement of the accounts of M^r [undecipherable] — I have [undecipherable] you to write to M^r [undecipherable] and give him the authority to act in the manner directed by me and as soon as the Certificate [undecipherable] is found may I shall [undecipherable] you of it — I am Your & [signature] D^r Thomas Bond Report on the memorial of Mary Cransbury Office of Army Accounts New York, May 10^th 1788 The commissioners of Army Accounts to whom was referred the memorial of Mary Cransbury beg leave to report That the act of Congress of the 11^th of August 1780 recommends to the several states to make compensation to the officers & soldiers to them respectively belonging, for the depreciation of their pay. That the State of New York has in part complied with the said act by making good the pay of Francis Cransbury from the day of his enlistment to the day of his captivity. That the pay of the said Cransbury from that period