Annapolis 15^th Sep^t 1788 Sir I received your favour of the 3^rd Inst there must be some mistake in regard to Col. Lee information respecting the clothing charged to him in your office - the Abstracts of his Payment were settled by M^r Townsend, and I presume it was from him the offer was made to deduct it from his arrears - I received a letter some time since from this Col on the subject and in my answer informed him that I had wrote to Cap^t John Hamilton who I believed could give some account of the transaction - in this letter Cap^t Hamilton made no reply - and all that it is in my power to say on this head is that at the time M^r Price was here on his way to Georgia, Cap^t Hamilton mentioned to him a Quantity of Clothing on his books (as late Clothier to General Greene lately) with which Col. Lee (or his Legion) was chargeable - it was M^r Prices desire that the acc should be copied and sent to M^r Dunscomb - and if I am not mistaken Cap^t Hamilton executed this wish - However upon application to him, I am induced to believe every information that is necessary can be obtained as he is in full possession of the facts - and I believe his books will help this distribution - he lives at Charlestown in Cecil County - The State of Maryland by act of Assembly grants half pay to such of her Officers as were extended in the Continental service as a gratuity independent of what they might earn from the United States - as it was expressly provided that no charge was to be made to the Continent[als] for it - the Officers made their election of the Commutation instead of the invalid establishment and applied to me to procure it for them - This I did from M^r Price when at New York, but by some mistake forgot one of them - Cap^t [undecipherable] Irving by name - after I returned and informed of it, I wrote to M^r Price mentioning the circumstance, and desiring him to consider the information as a Claim laid in within the time prescribed - and I now beg leave to ask your attention to it - it is for a Man who has fallen [undecipherable: branded?] in the field during the war, and the marks of British bayonets has justly entitled him to every reward allowed to his grade - if you will find among the accounts of the others which I got settled as lately, mentioned a copy of the act of Assembly in which his Name is noted, which I presume is a sufficient [undecipherable] in season, provided the letter is not to be found -