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 $4.12.6 in Settlement of this account— the certificates N^o 67285 for 133.33 & N^o 92300 for 430. [?] balance of his pay were sent on the 7 July 1806 to M^r White & acknowledged by him to have been received — the accounts of M^r McCoy I have delivered to M^r Burrate Commissr for the D W Genl departmt who I expect will do the needful.— Enclosed you will receive the Orders of Captain Carlisle & Cap^t Gilbert the letter 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 Your &c J Howell Jr A Dunscomb Esq^r Office of Army Accounts New York July 18^th 1789 Sir Your letter of the 19^th Decem^r last covering sundry papers in the services of Zachariah Cookway yesterday received It being my wish to serve every soldier who has sacrificed his time for the service of this country con- sistent 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 in