your letter of this date, is included in the account of the 2^d Regiment of artillery and a certificate for the balance of clothing due him, has been paid by this office to Capt William Stevens agent to the said Regiment amounting to 19[undecipherable] Dollars Also Capt Hubbard 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 of a [undecipherable] their depreciation, or pay to extend to 1^st August 1780. The state of New York, having considered this regiment as a part of their Quotas 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 serjeant Dayton has not received 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 declares the claim in this office and no relief can be granted him by the commissioners of accounts unless by the special authority of Congress Joseph Howell Jun^r Jon. Elmer Esq. New York, July 7^th 1783 Sir On the 9^th of June last I wrote you a few lines on behalf of Mr. Pierce of an omitted Warrant N. 967 for 444 Dollars drawn by the Commissioners of the Treasury in his favour — Mr. Pierce not hearing from you, [undecipherable] of being unable by indisposition to write, has requested me to inform you, that he will be particularly obliged to you to furnish him by the first conveyance the receipt he gave you for 500 Dollars and to send a bill drawn in his favour for the balance of the 100 Dollars — the latter transaction I am not particularly acquainted with but M^r Pierce informs me that you will perfectly understand the subject I am Yours &c. Joseph Howell Jun^r Jⁿ Hopkins Esq^r Richmond