Baltimore 22^d June 1791 Sir, My accounts with the United States lodged with you may not be made out agreeable to the mode now in practice, and likely destitute of some of those vouchers required at the present time — but the charges are just and true and sufficiently attested for the time when made — When these accounts ought to have been settled I could finde no one that would take them up — my military duty calling me from the office when it might have been ri[gh]t. — Since the close of the war it was a matter of indifference whether they were settled or not until public credit rose by the establishment of the new Federal government — In case any extraordinary clerkship is required to put these acct. in proper order it will be at the charge — I believe I can prove every article charged in [undecipherable] by the Quarter master who made them In my settlement with Maryland I think you will finde that I charged myself with more money than I received not being furnished at that time with the pay masters acct — Keep & let me know how it will be necessary for me to act on your M^r Joseph Howell I am with respect your friend David Hopkins [22 June 1791, from David Hopkins, in regard of his accounts.] [Captain Joseph Howell, Pay Office, Philadelphia] [BAL [undecipherable] 26]