Josiah Howell junr Esqr Philadelphia Honble Mr. Vining Feby 14 1791from Eleazer McComb Wilmington 14th February 1791 Sir Shortly after I received your letter advising my attendance at your office in New York to explain some matters in the Accounts [undecipherable] state before you made a Report on them, [undecipherable] and suffered a confinement of eight months. I was unable to transcribe the Laws relating to the Recruiting Service, and having no Clerk could not send them to you as you requested Having now recovered my usual state of health, and being appointed a Commissioner to settle the accounts of this State with the Board appointed by the United States, it becomes my duty to make preparation to execute the trust reposed in me. I wish you, Sir, to inform me whether my attendance at the time with the Laws of this State, will be needful,– And whether, if you should have made a Report on our accounts, that Report may not be amended, if you should be convinced, on receiving further evidence, an amendment was proper? At the close of the business with the the Commissioner of this district I transmitted two bundles of unliquidated Accounts directed to John White Esqr under cover to John Nichols Esqr Comptroller General of Pennsylvania. These documents could not be received under the ordinance of [undecipherable] and were sent forward to [undecipherable] of other Accounts of the same nature which might be offered by other States. If they have come into your office, and remain with you I wish you to return them to me provided it should not be necessary for me to come up immediately. As I have undertaken to settle the accounts of the State for a certain sum of money, it behooves me to spend as little time in Philadelphia as possible. I will [undecipherable] you, Sir, for your advice as to the manner of my proceeding, and where, in your opinion, it will be most suitable to attend the Board. I am Sir,your most obedientand hble ServtEleazer McComb Joseph Howell junr Esqr