Examination of Account

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Agreeably to your request this day I beg to inform you that I have not from a multiplicity of business been able to state the issue of Mr. Smith. I will endeavor to have it done tomorrow [undecipherable} but from I apprehend Mr. Smith expects depreciation in his pay. This cannot be done in my opinion without the interference of Congress. Their being no existing acts admitting it unless he can prove he was in Service after the 10th April 1781. I have the Honor to be Sir Your Obed SerJ. HowellJany 4. 1791 The Honble Jno Lawrence Esqr

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Sir Agreeable to your request this day I beg to inform you; that I have not from a multiplicity of business been able to State the a/c of M^r Lovett. I wish endeavor to have it done by tomorrow. [strikethrough: that] from [undecipherable] M^r Smith expects depreciation in his pay, this cannot be done in my opinion without the interference of Congress, there being no express act admitting it, untill he can prove he was in service after the 18 April 1783. I have the Honor to be The Honble M^r Lawrence [undecipherable: Vier] Your Obed Ser J Howell Jan^y 4. 1791.

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Informs John Lawrence that he has not yet had the time to examine the account of Mr. Smith for depreciation of pay, but that he will soon endeavor to do so.

Date

01/04/1791

Document number

1791010421001

Page start

Note

Enclosed in Lawrence to Howell, 01/04/1791. Largely illegible

Notable persons

John Lawrence

Joseph Howell

Mr. Smith

Congress

Notable locations

Office of Army Accounts

Notable items

depreciation

pay

in service