Philadelphia Aug.^t 28^th 1788 Sir I had wrote you on the Subject of your favor of 26^th Inst but was laid up at home with a lame foot and depended upon another [strikethrough: sending] sending the letter which I find was not done. M^rs Montgomery is not on the list of Pensioners in this State nor from the representa=tion of her case by you is she provided for by the Laws of this State which grants half pay to Widows & Children of Commissioned Officers only in the federal Army whose husbands where killed or died in the Service. I inclose you three letters, if you think proper to use them and they should be of any service it will afford satisfaction to Y^r Friend & Serv. J. Nicholson Joseph Howell Esq^r. --- Office of Army Accounts, New York Aug.^t 30^th 1788 The Commissioner of Army Accounts to whom was refer'd the motion of the Hon^ble M^r Tucker of the 28^th Inst begs leave to report That it appears by the Muster Rolls of the late fourth Regiment of Virginia, that William Mason enlisted in said Regiment as a private Soldier in the year 1777, and [strikethrough: that] he was promoted to a Serjeant on or about the 1^st June 1778 That he continued to the duties of a Soldier untill the 19^th of May 1783 at which ^period it appears by a Certificate from David Oliphant director of the Southern Hospital that the said Mason was employed in the Hospital department in the capacity of Assistant Steward and continued as such untill the 1^st May 1783 That in the year 1782 he received of the pay Master General the sum of Ninety dollars specie and in the year 1783 a further sum of one hundred and twenty dollars on account of pay due him. That on the 8^th of September 1785 the said Mason was finally settled with as Assistant Steward and received from the Commissioner of Army Accounts a Certificate for the balance then due him— from this Statement of facts your commissioner is of opinion that William Mason has not any further claim against the United States. all which is humbly submitted J Howell [report on the Motion of the Hon^ble M^r Tucker in behalf of William Mason Virg. Line] --- Office of Army Accounts New York Sept. 5^th 1788 Sir Your old Simpson accounts for expenses incurred on Command in Virginia in the year 1780 have been refer'd to me by Congress for settlement. I have ad=justed them on the principles adopted by the late Au=ditors of the Army in consequence of the directions of the late Commander in Chief and find that a balance of 181 ⁴⁰/90 dollars specie is due you— a Certificate for this balance I am prevented from issuing as I find you are charged in