[marginalia at top left: J.5] [endorsement at bottom left: April [undecipherable] / [undecipherable: Aaron Burr?]] [marginalia at top left: Ga 1. / F. 114] Apr. 18. 1795 The Claim of M.^r B. I. Straats [strikethrough: that you was enquiring for a finding] is [strikethrough: a] balance due [undecipherable] founded on a Certificate issued by Col. Udney Hay Dep.^t Q. M. for the State of New York — Certificates of this kind have always been refused a settlement at the Treasury because no Return was furnished by Col.^o Hay acknowledging that he had issued said Certificates — Congress by their act of 12.^th Feb.^y 1793 directed that the accounting officers of the Treasury should report to Congress on all Claims thus cir= =cumstanced — M.^r Straats's Claim was filed at the office under that Act and was made on an Abstract reported on by the officers of the Treasury to Congress, and for with [marginalia at left: 2661 / [undecipherable]] [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] not having been finally a=cted [undecipherable] by them — I have the Honor to be Sir with respect [signature — undecipherable]