for your support while prisoner I have to request that you attend at this office as soon as possible with your vouchers for the expenditures of this money in order that the account may be finally closed — Jas. Howell J^r. C. Richmond, esquire— Office of Army Accounts New York Jan^y 14. 1789 Dear Sir I wrote you the 29 & 30 Ultt. and enclosed a return of the Artillery of Maryland as required by you— Your letters of the 29 Ultt. & 2^d Inst. are now before me, the British packet has not yet sailed therefore your letters are still with me— I see by the papers a vessel advertised to sail for London in the course of a week or two— if this one sails previous to the packet I conceive I shall comply with your wishes in forwarding them by her— On examining the Books of this office I find Cap^t. Carlisle has settled for his pay to the 1 Jan^y 1783 and has not noticed the monies received of the State of Maryland— his pay for the year 1783 and his commutation (if he continued to the end of the war) appears still due him, as it does not appear to have been received by him or the Agent of the regiment, however I do not think myself justifiable in issuing the certificates without some Vouchers— I therefore wish you to inform him that it is necessary to send on an account against the United States for his services & I wish it to be qualified as it appears mysterious to me that Cap^t. Carlisle should make make a partial settlement and suffer such a length of time to pass away without making a further claim Captain Michael Gilbert has credited the State of Maryland for the sum of 84.12.6 on settlement of his account— the certificates N^o. 67.285 for 128 ⁸²/90 & N^o. 92.340. for 430. ⁷⁰/90 for balance of his pay were sent on the 4 Jan^y 1786. to M^r. White & acknowledged by him to have been received— the accounts of M^r McCoy I have delivered to M^r Burrale Commiss^y for the D. M. Gen^ls departm^t. who I expect will do the needful.— enclosed you will receive the orders of Captain Carlisle & Cap^t. Gilbert the latter being unnecessary, for the former you will please to substitute the name of another as I cannot give a receipt to myself, you may leave a blank to be filled by Yours &^c— J. Howell J^r. A. Dunscomb esq^r. Office of Army Accounts New York Jan^y 16^th 1789— Sir Your letter of the 19. Decem^r. last, covering sundry papers for the services of Zachariah Cookeway yesterday received It being my wish to serve every soldier who has sacrificed his time for the service of this country consistent with my duty to the United States, and a regard to my character induced me to give every possible weight to your request.— by the letter of M^r C[undecipherable] that the claim was made i[undecipherable]