for credit rec'd of the P'd M. Genl. in march 1777 for the pay in full of the 1 Jersey Reg. for the month of Oct. & Nov.^r 1776 amounting to 4825 [undecipherable] del'd for $63 [undecipherable] all paid him for a number of men of s'd Reg. who remained at Dubois. these are the whole that he appears to be charged with on acct of the old first Jersey Reg. commanded by Col. Winds if a copy of their Abstracts will be of service they may be expect be obtained of Joseph Nourse esq^o Register of the Treasury, with whom they are lodged. Sam'l Howell M.^r Jn^o J DeMas — Sir — In answer to your request of "how long it wo'd take to make out a regimental account" I have to observe that a person acquainted with the nature of army accounts would take but a little time compared with that of another uninformed in the buisness, besides it is to be further known that it greatly depends upon the accounts themselves as some are much more complex than others and to decide on this question a person should be acquainted with the very accounts alluded to — The accounts of your late father were (to the best of my recollection) examined & filed by me in about four weeks — J. Howell J^r Jan^y 6. 1797