Settlement of the account of Dr. Malachi Treat for attendance and medicine given to Soldiers

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Dr˙ Malachi Treat attending, produced an Account of £88 10s. for his attendance and medicine given to the soldiers of the First Battalion of New-York Troops, and to several Companies under the command of General Lee, (they not having a Surgeon or Mate to attend them,) pursuant to an order of the Provincial Congress of New-York, beginning about the middle of February, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, and ending about the middle of April following; as also an account of £18 17s˙ 6d˙, for his attendance and medicine given to the soldiers of Colonel Lasher' s and Colonel Drake' s Regiments, in General Scott' s Brigade, total, £107 7s˙ 6d. Difficulties arose in the minds of the Members respecting the said Accounts: Whereupon the Doctor made the following deposition at the foot of the said Account, viz:

"Dr˙ M˙ Treat being duly sworn, deposeth and saith: That the above Account of £107 7s˙ 6d˙ is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, just and true; that with respect to the particulars of the Account of £88 10s˙, an account thereof was delivered to the Committed appointed by the Provincial Congress of New-York for auditing accounts, who directed the same to be delivered to the Quartermaster-General of the Continental Army for payment; the Quartermaster-General referred it to the Director-General of the Hospital; that he, the said Dr˙ Treat, hath applied to those gentlemen for payment, or to have his original account returned to him, neither of which he hath been able to procure; that as to the charge of £18 17s˙ 6d˙, he has it not in his power to make out an account of the particulars thereof, neither is it in his power to make out an account of the particulars of the account of £88 10s˙, as his accounts, which were deposited in his chest at Harlem, have been destroyed by the troops.

Sworn before me this 26th October, 1776:

PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT, Vice President.

Ordered, That the Treasurer of this State pay to Dr˙ M˙ Treat the sum of £107 7s˙ 6d˙, in full for the above-mentioned Accounts, taking his receipt for the same, and that the Treasurer charge the same to Continental account.