[32] June 21^st M^r Lee requests M^r Howell to examine the inclosed & affix the Certificate that may be due upon it June 23^d 1788. The Invalids who were stationed at West Point under the command of Capt. McLane were discharged in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 7^th June 1785 — Returns of the monies advanced them on this station were transmitted to the several States to which the men belonged to be offered to the pension allowed them in consequence of the said act — This pension was in lieu of the pay, & to commence from the time the men were discharged from their respective regiments or from the Invalid Regt late commanded by Col. Nicola. M^r Pierce expecting that each state would comply with the act of Congress has not visited with the corps under the command of Capt. McLane for the time they performed duty at West Point — The Claim of John Wilton is therefore inadmissible unless evidence is produced that he has not received the benefit of the act of Cong^s aforesaid. H Howell Jun^r The Hon^ble Arthur Lee June 23^d 1788. Gentlemen The printed registers of Certificates issued by the Commissioners of Army Accounts are found in many [strikethrough: instances] instances erroneous — Some time since a partial examination took place and about 14000 numbers were checked — to examine and check the residue I presume would take about 4 months —