<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/2x3r-n539</dc:identifier><dc:title>[Document, 1785 September 21]</dc:title><dc:creator>Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--1783-1865</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>The manner in which the quartermaster's accounts were kept in Connecticut makes it impossible to audit them as Congress has directed. Requests that the commissioner's authority be extended so that an adequate audit may be completed as easily as possible. Encloses: Letter of Ralph Pomeroy to Timothy Pickering, 21 September 1785.(filed with this letter)</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>