[Address panel verso:] [PAID /8] Joseph Howell Esq.^re Late [undecipherable] of Army Accounts [Endorsement:] New York 20 May 1791 / [undecipherable] of the / 23^d Inst / from Mich Connolly [400] New York 20^th May 1791 I am affraid I'll Weary you out With Applications. a Certain Linderik Porkhoff alias Roskhoff Gave an order (of the first New York Reg.^t) to a John Schuyler for to Draw his Pay for the Year, & Schuyler Lost the Order therefor did not Draw it — Notwithstanding this Roskhoff has Commenced a Suite Ag^t Schuyler for his pay — If you Wod. be So Obligeing as to turn to the Voucher that Shewed his pay and Give a Certifyd Coppey. It Wod. by the Means of Sattling Justice in a Clear Light to both Parties — and also Oblige your Frend and Hum.^t Serv.^t — Mich Connolly Please Present my Compliments to Cap.^t Truman and tell him his ticket is Still in the Wheel and So is the high Prize if he shod Draw a Prize I Will Renew his ticket as Long as the Lottery is a Drawing I Boo. on the Same time I Boo. his & I has Drawn a Small Prize and I have renewd it I Mean to do So With his — M.C. My Dear friend Pls to forward this Certificate by Post Immediately as the Voucher is By the Matter Soon —