[9 Decm 1791 Oliver Wolcott] Sir In answer to your letter of the 7^th Inst respecting what rule has been adopted in the Office of Army Account for ascertaining the value of commutation pay due to the Officers of the late Army who were and entitled to Depreciation by virtue of the Resolution of the W^r Office 1780. I beg to inform you that [strikethrough: assumed] [strikethrough: the Office] the Officers Value was allowed in the same manner as the States respectively charged their Troops in account of Depreciation but this appl[ication] to such balances as was [not] drawn from [the Militia] [strikethrough: the Militia] by the Paymasters as on Settlement of their Account the commutation Pay not reckoned [strikethrough: not received] by the Officers but under [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] by the Pay masters was [undecipherable: indicated] at the time of the Pay masters Settlement — the above answer to the first Question I conceive fully [undecipherable: likewise] applies to the [second] — I am Sir Your & [undecipherable: Howell] Decem 9 1791 Oliver Wolcott Esq^r