Treasury Department Comptroller's Office, May 4^th 1791. Sir, The Hon: M^r Blount, late Deputy Paym^r General of the State of North Carolina, Stands Charged on the Books of the Treasury, for One Million, one hundred & Four Thousand Dollars, of which: One Hundred & Fifty Thousand Dollars, were remitted to him, under date of Novem^r: 12^th 1778, by Joseph Carleton, Paymaster of the Board of War & Ordnance, for the pay and Subsistence of the Levies, recommended to be sent from that State, to Charleston, S^t Carolina; And the further sum of Nine Hundred & Fifty Four Thousand Dollars, was advanced to him, on the 6^th Novem^r: 1780, by Jo^s Clay, late Dep: Paym^r Southern Department, to purchase Supplies for the Army.— Before I make application to M^r Blount, for the settlement of these sums, I have to request, that you will furnish me with his Account, as it stands in your books, that I may know whether he has any, & what credits therein. I am, Sir, Your most Abed^t Serv^t N^t Eveleigh Compt^r [Jo^s Howell Jun^r. Esq^r—] [the Accounts of M^r Blount are not stated in this Office, his Vouchers were forwarded by the Commissioners to the Executives and are deposited with them] [May 5, 1791 M^r Blount [undecipherable] 70 C[?] 72[?]]