[189] J. Howell Esq.^r Trenton Jan.^y 1. 1789 Sir There is an action depending between Col.^o [undecipherable] Ogden of the first Jersey Regiment an myself which occasions me to [undecipherable] you to furnish me with a certified Copy of his account from your Books late Dobb & Corrick as it stands registered in your Office, you'd please to give it to Furman Yards who will inclose it in a letter to me please also to inform me when I may call for my certificates in consequence of the accounts left with you some time past, any expence attending this business shall be paid by me your compliance in this will oblige your Hum.^t Ser.^t John Polhemus Cap.^t Jn.^o Polhemus - Office of Army Accounts New York Jan.^y 6. 1789 Sir Your letter of the 1 Inst. come to hand this day, I should have been at an utter loss to have known what accounts were wanting in the case between your & Col.^o Ogden of Col.^o Conway had not a few minutes since accidentally called at the Office - The accounts you allude to Col.^o Conway informs me are respecting the stoppages made from the men in 1776 of the 1 Reg.^t & which is supposed to have been rec. by Col.^o Ogden. Col.^o Ogden has not [undecipherable] any account of that nature with me or my predecessor, he stands Charged in the Books of this Office