[18] Robert G. Harper Esq^r Department of [undecipherable] in Congress. — · Accountants [undecipherable] Sir · March 1[undecipherable] Col° Rawlings command[undecipherable] Regiment of Flying Camp, the Soldiers were engaged [undecipherable] -der the Act of Congress of 3^d June 1776 their time [undecipherable] service was to expire on the 1^st December 1776, th[undecipherable] part of them were taken at Fort Washington on the [undecipherable] 1776 and many of whom after there capture were [undecipherable] to go home, the payments to these men were general[undecipherable] by the State whose quota they belonged to, besides [undecipherable] have been made by the the U. States to the Colon[undecipherable] the Regiments as was customary at that time, and by [undecipherable] paid over to the Captains of the Companies who w[undecipherable] it out to the men agreeably to abstracts, without taking in- -dividual receipts, it therefore cannot be ascertained w[undecipherable] John McNeal a Soldier in Cap^t Philomon Grif[undecipherable] Com- -pany did receive all or any part of the pay due [undecipherable] there being no return of payments or Muster Rolls of [undecipherable] the Flying Camp of the State of Maryland in the [undecipherable] if it Should hereafter appear that any thing is du[undecipherable] it cannot be admitted, all claims not filed within [undecipherable] limited by Law being barred and foreclosed [undecipherable] -tlement. — I am Sir &c — William [undecipherable]