J Howell Jr esq^r — Philad^a Decem.^r 30^th '700 Sir, Have paid to Collins for drawing out the regiment account which is in your Office 36 doll^rs the acc^t was of no use to you or myself the other day an order was drawn by Collins on me to pay 46 doll^rs more for said acc^t he represents he wrote 57 days at 3^d acc^t — pardon me for taking the liberty only would wish to know how long time it would take in making out a regiments account. — Comp^lts to the [undecipherable] [N13 this letter shou'd have been entered before that on the other page to M^r de Haas] J. P. de Haas — Jn^o Hopkins esquire — Office of Army Accounts New York Jan^y 6. 1789 — Sir, M^r Dunscomb in his letter of the 12 Dec^r last informed me that the Specie pay in your hands due Captⁿ Benjⁿ Taliaferro is retained in consequence of sundry Sums of money received by him & which I suppose were transmitted you for the purpose of being accounted for previous to your delivering the Specie Warrant. — on a reference to the papers of Benj. Harrison esq^r D.P.M.Gen^l, it appears that Capt Taliaferro left with M^r Harrison receipts for the amount of the monies received by him, for pay of sundry soldiers returned from captivity — in consequence of which, I have closed the accounts of Capt Taliaferro in the Books of this office — you are therefore fully at liberty to issue the notes due Capt Taliaferro — if you have any monies in your hands belonging to the following Gentlemen I have to request they may be retained untill they account for the sums as opposed to their names which are a part received by Capt Taliaferro & supposed to have been paid them respectively. — Viz. Gustavus B. Wallace L^t Col^o . . . . . £40.000 William Lewis Major . . "40.000 Rich^d C Waters Captⁿ of artillery . . . 16.000 Markes Vandewall . . . . . 16.000 Jn^o White L^t A.D.S. Mar^l . . . . 16.000 David Allen L^tg D^r M^r . . . . . 16.000. & Edmond Clark En^s . . . . . . 20.000 all of which were rec^d in aug^t 1781. and has not been accounted for with the United States, but as the State of Virginia had a knowledge of those advances, a probability arises that they have accounted with the State, in account of depreciation if so I would wish to have a certificate from a proper Officer that their accounts might be closed in this office I am &c^a J Howell Jr J. Howell Jr — Loan Office Richmond Dec^r 12^th 1700 — Dear Howell You will be pleased to refer to the papers of my office as As^t Com^r Army Accounts under the letter T see Captⁿ Benj^a Taliaferro's account in which you will find a Certificate signed by Benjⁿ Harrison Jr as D.Pay M^r Gen^l, that Capt Taliaferro had