[esq^r] War Com^rs Office Hartford Jan^y 6^th 1789 Sir I have received your favour of the 18^th of Nov^r last, and now enclose Aaron Swetlands receipt agreeably to your request — I will thank you to inform me whether the short calculations you mention are in the accounts which were reduced by the Scale of depreciation, or in those on which the Specie pay was calculated upon the services agreeably to the resolution of Congress of 28 Dec^r 1779 If the errors are of considerable amount I shall esteem it a favor if you will furnish me with a list of them I have the honor to be &c Oliv^r Wolcott J^r — Oliver Wolcott esq^r Office of Army Accounts New York Jan^y 17. 1789— Sir Your letter of the 6^th Inst. covering Aaron Swetlands receipt is received. Agreeably to your request I enclose you a list of errors which have appeared in the course of my examination of the accounts of the Coast guards and militia of your State — In the course of next week I flatter my- [self I shall be at] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] depreciation accou- [undecipherable]ation those persons who left the Service previous to the 10^th Apr. 1780 of admitting the Supplies from the State will amount to nearly one third of the whole charge exhibited. I do not find that you have calculated the interest on depreciation & presuming each State will expect to be allowed it, you will please to inform me at what period the interest commenced on the certificates issued for depreciation — I am &c J Howell J^r. J. Howell esq^r — Gen^l Post Office Jan^y 14. 1789— Sir The bearer has called upon me with some certificates respecting M^r Clarkson as Postmaster to the army under the marques de la Fayette — all I know about that business is that M^r Clarkson was Postmaster at Williamsburg, & probably the army business fell into his hands, but I never knew that he had a seperate commission for that purpose, he is still indebted to the public as post-master at Williams burg, & I apprehend it will be just to discount that from his pay as ^army post master if any allowance is made him on that a— I am &c &c J Howell esq^r — Office of Accounts Jan^r [undecipherable] Sir The Certifi[undecipherable]