Letter to Captain James Noble

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The Committee appointed to consider a Letter from Captain James Noble to Walter Spooner, Esq., reported a Resolve and a Letter, which were accepted, and are as follow:

Resolved, That Henry Gardner, Esq., Receiver-General, be, and hereby is ordered to pay to Captain James Noble, or order, one hundred Pounds, as part of his payroll as Captain in Colonel Benedict Arnold' s Regiment, in the late expedition against the posts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, for the use of said Company.

SIR: We received yours of the 3d instant, by Mr. William Barber, together with your account of expenses, and a muster-roll of your Company, whilst in the service of this Colony under the command of Colonel Benedict Arnold; but before your account can be passed with propriety, it must be examined and adjusted by indifferent persons. Therefore, it is ordered that the Committee of Correspondence for the Town of Pittsfield be a Committee for that purpose; and it is further ordered, that you make oath to the truth and justice of your muster-roll, and see that the same be right cast; then charge yourself with the £27 7s. 1d. which you received of Colonel Arnold, as advance pay for your Company; also, with the one hundred Pounds now sent you by Mr. Barber, agreeable to your order; then return said roll and account; and when you comply with the above, you will receive the balance due.

To Captain James Noble.