Office of Army Accounts New York Nov^r 18. 1788 — Dear Sir Your letter of the 25 Oct^r was duly rec'd. — the enclosed Statement of your account will inform you how the error arose, — I have this day given Cap^t White the certificate for the real balance due you amounting to 198 33/90 doll^s I have only time to add that I am with great esteem Your friend &c^a Jos. Howell — Cap^t Jn^o Bankson — Office of Army Accounts N. York Nov^r 18. 1788 Sir Aaron Swetland late of Col^o Baldwins Regiment of Artificers has made an application for balance due him while in service of the United States, — on examining the vouchers transmitted by you to this office on Settlement with Jonathan Phillips I find a receipt given by the S^d Swetland for the am^o due him — it being alledged that this receipt was fraudulently obtained and the party on behalf of Swetland requesting to have the same for tryal, I take the liberty to trouble you with it (the person applying being a stranger to me) requesting you will please to take a receipt from the person who applies for it, to be returned to you that it may when done with be forwarded to this Office — your Your letter of the 8^d Ins^t with the enclosures were duly rec'd and shall be attended to. — I have examined five Regiments for depreciation to Jan^y 1. 1781 & near half the vouchers of the Militia for the year 1779. in the latter I find many errors in favor of the State arising in short calculations of Specie pays I am &c^a Jos. Howell Jr. — Oliver Wolcott Jn^o esq^r — Copy of the receipt alluded to in the foregoing — Hartford June the 9. 1784 — Then received of Jon^a Phillips agent for Col^o Juduthan Baldwins Reg^t of Artificers, for my service in the United States, a Security of 141 dollars & 48/90 of a dollar — Signed Aaron Swetland Annapolis 7 Nov^r 1788 — Dear Sir I had the favor of your letter in answer to mine relating to William Coad's pay, in due time but have so long neglected to acknowledge the receipt of it with design of writing to you by our friend White, who has been longer time setting off than he expected, however he will set off in a day or two for your place & will bring you the Books of the first Maryland Regiment, which I received from you by M^r Green. — I write this by the