[Febr 8. 1791 to the Secy of War on Coln. Rawlins. [undecipherable]] [One miscellaneous paper Col Moses Rawlings Regt Rev. War] [Marginalia: [undecipherable] — and this was / [undecipherable] of about [undecipherable] up / to $20 — in [undecipherable] of / Col Moses Rawlings / [undecipherable] One in this [undecipherable] to / [General and [undecipherable] Military Clerk]] War Office Feb^y 8 1791 The Substance of Col Rawlings' memorial, appears founded on his Services previous to his Captivity and a disappointment in not being able to raise the regiment to which he was appointed after his return from Captivity — in consequence of this disappointment and fearing to make a disturbance in the Maryland line [strikethrough: weies] he to claim his thanks he resigned his Commission in June 1779 — Under the act of Congress of the 16^th Sep^r 1776 the [undecipherable] of the State of Maryland [were] to be eight Battalions seven of which were only raised and officers for the 8^th — and on the 26^th [undecipherable] 1778 [Barthom?] the same number was qouted on the State including the German Battalion — these Regements appear to have continued on the establishment untill the 1 Jan^y 1781 The State of Maryland having made good the deficiency [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] pay (see Valentine [undecipherable] of the 10 April 1790.) — to the time of his resignation, I am of opinion that he has not in [underline: equity] any further claim on the United States — for by this grant on the part of the State the original contract has been complied with so far as Certificates may be considered as specie — I am [undecipherable] With the greatest respect Sir Your obt Servt [The Honble The Secretary of War]