tion for Sixty seven dollars and 126/c on the branch Bank of the United States at New York being for the amount of your and [undecipherable: probable reading Port Nehile]'s account as settled at the Treasury — I have only this day received the money otherwise I should have had the pleasure before this date of mak-ing the remittance — Doctor Malaichi Treat I am Sir &c New York Joseph Howell W. D. Accountants Office November 26^th 1795 Sir Particular business prevented my attending my Office yesterday, otherwise your request relative to Joseph Lewis' claim should have been complied with — I now enclose you the evidence of his services as appears on record in this Office — The Honorable I am Sir &c Francis Preston Joseph Howell W. D. Accountants Office November 20^th 1795 Sir: Enclosed is a Certificate from the Secretary of War relative to a compensation