[74] War Office Sept 15^th 1788 Sir The bearer John Henry Sleet applies to this Office for information, whether he is entitled to his ration of land as a Discharged soldier in Harper's late Regt— I have examined the book and find the name of Henry Sleet of Harper's regiment, which does not correspond with the name inserted on his discharge— will you be so good as to investigate this matter, and let the bearer know if he is the person entitled to the bounty of land by the said name of Henry Sleet W^m respectfully John Stagg Jun^r Joseph Howell Esq^r Office of Army Accounts New York Sept 19^th 1788 Sir The bearer John Henry Sleet is returned in the Accounts of Troops of General Harper's Regiment by the name of Henry Sleet — [undecipherable] as is entered by the name of Henry Sleet — there being no other person of this name in this regiment and the time of service mentioned in his discharge corresponding with the time he has been settled for induces me to believe he is the person entered by the name of Henry Sleet and that he is entitled to the lands allowed by Congress I am W^r Joseph Howell M^r John Stagg