Philadelphia Aug^t 28^th 1798 Sir I had wrote you on the subject of your favor of 26^th Inst. but was laid up at home with a lameness and depended upon another sending the letter which I find was not done. M^r Montgomery is not on the list of Pensioners in this State nor from the representation of his case by you is he provided for by the laws of this State which grants half pay to Widows & Children of Commissioned Officers only in the Federal Army who harbored where killed & died in the Service. I enclose you three letters if you think proper to use them and they should be of any service it will afford satisfaction to Your Friend & Serv. J. Nicholson Joseph Howell Esq^r --- Office of Army Accounts New York Aug^t 30^th 1793 The Commissioner of Army Accounts to whom was refer'd the motion of the Honbl. M^r Tucker of the 21st Inst. have to report That it appears by the Muster Rolls of the late Fourth Regiment of Virginia, That William Moon enlisted in said Regiment as a private Soldier on the year 1777, and that he was promoted to a Sergeant on or about the 1^st June 1779 That he continued to the duties of a Soldier untill the 19^th of May 1781 at which it appears