Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Aug^t 3^d 1796 Boston Sir, I received your letter of the 28^th ulto. enclosing Captain Samuel Nicholsons receipt for three hundred and thirty Four Dollars and twenty Cents; which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c. In absence of the Acc^t Peter Hagner Princ^l Clk M^r Peter Hazard Accountants Office New York August 3^d 1796 I received your letter of the 2^d Inst^t as well as a former one signed Peter Hazard, in answer to which I have to inform you that there are three, of your name on the Rhode Island Register, two of which are noted to have deserted, the other has been settled with — so that you can have no claim against the United States. If you will note the particular regiment & Company you belong to I will give you information which of the three answers your description — If the latter I can give you a certificate who received your pay. I am Sir. In absence of the Accountant Peter Hagner Princ^l Clk Lieut^t Will^m Wilson Accountants Office Governors Island Aug^t 3^d 1796 New York Sir, I received your letter of the 1^st Instant enclosing Muster & Pay Rolls for the months of July 1796. The Pay Roll has been examined. and after deducting William Walthers &