[Private] War Office 11 May 1789 Sir, Lieut Colonel Monbarrot of Colonel Jennuiel's Reg^t attempted to be raised in Boston, claims a right of being a Member of the Cincinnati — The Sec^y at war requests that the papers in the pay office may be examined to ascertain whether his claim is well founded — The State accounts are perhaps the only documents to throw light on the Subject — Sam^d C. Swan Joseph Howell Esq^r [undecipherable]