[Charlotte N. C^a February 11^th] The Hon.^ble John Steele Comptroller of the United States Philadelphia Department of Wars Accountants Office February 23 1797 The State of North Carolina Settled with Nath.^l Alexander for his pay and Subsistence as Hospital Mate from the 7^th of [undecipherable] 1780 to the 31.^st December 1781 inclusively See Aps. file C.N.1 W.N. 33 filed in this Office but on rendering the Said Statement to the late Commissioners of Army Accounts they rejected allowing the Same to the credit of the State as the said Nathaneel Alexander never appeared to have been Mustered, I am therefore of opinion he is not entitled to any emoluments from the United States — Jno. Simmons