, late [undecipherable] and other [undecipherable] of the [State?] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] the [three?] months pay of the Legion [undecipherable] that as the accounts [officially?] [undecipherable] and not finally [closed?] [undecipherable] ascertained [undecipherable] after the above named [undecipherable] received the [undecipherable] [months?] charged the [undecipherable] [months?] pay [undecipherable] only a part thereof [undecipherable] have thereof, to [secure?] the [undecipherable] changed the [undecipherable] [months?] pay [undecipherable] as a [undecipherable] account [undecipherable] [balance?] [undecipherable] ascertained — [Joseph?] Howell [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of late a acct. [undecipherable] att. [undecipherable] Simmons [undecipherable] [Auditor?] [Office?] [undecipherable] [November?] [undecipherable] 91 [Martinsburg Aug: 25. 1791.] [Mich^e M^cHewan.] [inclosing Papers.] [write to M^r. Howell.] [undecipherable] Dear Sir Hagerstoun Aug 25^th 1791— Having this Opportunity by Rev^d M^r. L— Fenner, I inform you that I rec^d your kind letter, informing me that you had the trouble of [trying?] to Settle John Fleece[']s Pay [undecipherable] due to him, and agreed to [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] the Inclosed, as J. Fleece is in Kentucky the Inclosed Paper was [undecipherable] taken when he made the Purchase, but [still?] [expecting?] that Fleece might come in, refered it untill now, when I understand that the [time?] of Settlement of Such Claims [undecipherable] [proceedings?] are [about?] in Sep^t. next, and that you are appointed to Settle them, [are?] [Entitled?] to any Extra pay or Land we ought to have it, when Setled your Please to [send?] the [Certificates?] [Funded?] by [undecipherable] Also Inclosed an order of Martin Rezer to me which you[,] Please to Settle — M^r. Fenner has [undecipherable] a Certificate to get of Anthony Nobles, Assigned to Jno Kerny Kerny by [undecipherable] Noble, Adm^x & [their?] at law of Anthony Noble Deced, also one in Name of Stephens [Ha?]Noble, which I hope you[']ll [see?] to be Settled [undecipherable]. I [undecipherable] my Partner, Cap^t. [undecipherable] O'Hara, has Settled the Balance of our Acct. with you, which you Please to Inform me of by my Partner [or?] M^r. L— Fenner All my Domestic Troubles [undecipherable] are Settled And I [intend?] to go again into Business next Spring largely — Our Town & County Peoples [undecipherable] Increases Inceasingly — [Am?] D[ear] Sir with due Respect your Obed^t Serv^t. Mich^e M^cKeown P.S. Sir If I had been at home I w^d. wrote you more on our [undecipherable] [Situations?] & News &c. The [last?] from Baltimore [came?] [undecipherable] to Martinsburg once a week M. M[c]K[eown] I do certify that I lodged in M^r. Dunscomb's office at Richmond, for Settlement, a Certificate from [Archibald?] [Stil?] to Martin Rozer for nine hundred and fifty three and one [undecipherable] Paper Dollars — for which I took the Rec^t of M^r. Dunscomb's Rec^t. [undecipherable] 14^th. April 1788 — M^r. Andrew Dunscomb, Sir Please to Settle the within Mentiond [undecipherable] with Mich^e M^cKeown or his order & this Shall be your Authority, Given under my hand at Martinsburg Berkeley County, Virginia [undecipherable] 1790 — Testes William [undecipherable: prob. Shreve] Farmer [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Magistrate for Berkeley County Virginia