Notes for Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts: Page #1 Original title: 1790/Cch20.jpg Cancel Reset Transcription Office of Army Accounts New York 10 March 1796 Sir, Your letter of the 4 Inst. is now before me [strikethrough] and [undecipherable] to your request [\strikethrough] I find you are mistaken in the [undecipherable] to Captain Alex Patterson’s receiving from me any Certificates for you - as it appears on the Settlement of your Account that a balance was due from you to the UStates, which balance Mr. Nicholson, Comptroller of Penns'a. deducted from your Account of depreciation and issued the balance in a Certificate No. 3282 - to Alexander Capt. Patterson [strikethrough] is, by his [\strikethrough] amounting to One hundred and Sixty one pounds lb/4 - this appears the whole that Capt. Patterson recd for you in pursuance of your order or power of Attorney. I am Sir Your Obedt. Jn. Howell [flourish] Capt Luke Broadhead [left side margin, 1/4 page turn] Certif: 32012. for 161.16.4. Alex Patterson-- Notes are a workspace where project participants can keep ideas and observations regarding the transcription of the page. When contributing to the notes, it is encouraged to include the user and timestamp.