[159] Sir I beg leave to trouble you with the enclosed requesting you will please to forward it as soon as possible — I am J Howell J^r Nov. 21. 1788 — Oliver Wolcott esq^r Office of Army Accounts New York Nov. 21. 1788 Sir I have received your Books and Vouchers for the specie payments made by you to the late [undecipherable: Pr?] Massachusetts Reg^t as examined and ballanced by M^r Iwan and have approved of his Statement of them — And find there is due from you to the United States the sum of two hundred and eighty one and 70 dollars Specie — It is my desire that all accounts of this nature may be closed as Speedily as possible. I therefore wish that you would forward the balance to me in cash or bills on this place as soon as you conveniently can. If you chose to remit bills I am informed they can probably be procured of M^r. Jonathan Freeman of Boston. It is however immaterial who they are drawn by, if they are only good ones. I have suggested this method for your paying in the ballance, from M^r Ivans information that it would