[371] non for Sixty seven dollars and 1260 on the branch Bank of the United States at New York being for the amount of your and Post Nisbits 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 making the remittance — Doctor Malachi Treat I am Sir &c New York Joseph Howell W. D. Accountants Office November 26^th 1794 Sir Particular business prevented my attending my Office yesterday, otherwise your request relative to Joseph Towns 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 1794 Sir Enclosed is a Certificate from the Secretary of War relative to a compensation