Office of Army Accounts New York July 7^th 1788. Sir Serjant Ephraim Dayton the person alluded to in your letter of this date, is included in the account of the 2^d. Regiment of artillery and a certificate for the balance of cloathing due him, has been issued by this office to Capt William Stevens agent to the said Regiment amounting to 13[undecipherable] Dollars Altho' Capt Hubbele certifies that Dayton has only been paid in the Regiment to the 1^st. of March 1780, yet I beg leave to observe that the State of New Jersey has settled with their Troops & allowed their depreciation on pay to extend to 1^st. August 1780. The state of New York having considered this Regiment as a part of their Quota of their state, have generally (if not entirely) settled with the individuals & issued their certificates for pay from the 1^st. of August 1780 to the 1^st. Jan^y. 1782. — if serjant Dayton has not recieved his pay from the 1^st. of August 1780. to the day of his discharge I am of opinion he is entitled to it from the state of New York. The act of Congress of the 2^d. of November 1785 forecloses the claim in this office [underline: and no relief can be granted him by the commissioner of accounts] unless by the special authority of Congress. Joseph Howell Jun^r. Jon.^a Elmers Esq.