Fort Washington August 4^th 1793 [(k)] I send to you by colonel Sargent the vouchers, and a duplicate of my account current of the expenditure of $4895.2[undecipherable] dollars of the money whilst [undecipherable] out will me from Philadelphia in December 1791. — The original account Current was forwarded to you from this place on the 20 of June last telling. — This money, originally destined for the pay of the Levies, Militia, and regulars, being divided to various other purposes, was disbursed by me under circumstances, liable in a peculiar manner to irregularity, and want of System. It was applied to the payment of the [undecipherable] — the pay of the 2^d Regiment for 1791. — the contingencies of the Department at large — The Quarter master Generals department, & &c. As will more fully appear by an examination of the Vouchers, which I trust are just as will obtain a credit for the amount without difficulty or altercation. The advance of 620 dollars to Colonel Win[undecipherable: throp?] Sargent for his pay, Subsistence and forage as Adjutant General in 1791. appears to me to have been authorized by General Wilkinsons letter to me of the January 1792. a copy of which is held with my accounts of advances to Wounded soldiers. Levies. And Journal for my own, I yet doubt of its being allowed in the adjustment of my accounts. Although General Wilkenson has raised some scruples with me, because that transaction was not formally warranted by his signature as Commanding officer here at the time. If however, any difficulty should occur in passing this item to my credit, Col Sargent has promised to refund the money if necessary. You will find in the box which goes by Col Sargents, all the muster rolls on which the payments have been made — and in the abstracts of the pay of the 2^d Regiment for 1791. you will observe that I have made an unsuccessful attempt to State regular amounts Current for each Company, but from the heterogeneous materials upon which I had to work, and a want of in[undecipherable], [undecipherable] then cannot be closed. I have put in the same box the resulting accounts and vouchers of Captain Samuel Newman     " Patrick Phelon     " Jonathan Plaskett     " Joseph Shaylor     " Joseph [undecipherable] Lieut [undecipherable] I. Howe     " John Phelps     " Edward Miller &c Capt Thomas Cushing I since revised and corrects his fee settlement & warrants No 63&64 of my regular payments. [Swan] Since writing to you on the 20 June last. I have collected the [undecipherable] accounts of the officers of the army generally, and paid them up to the 1 January 1793. — They are as follows. Viz. 1 Sub Legion    2,135.45 2 do do            804.17 3 do                 457.13 4 do                 285.34 Gen'l Staff        203.30    3925.59 You sent me by General Posey ...... 2000. — deficient ...... 1,925.59 I have lately advanced for the recruiting service by order of Gen'd Wayne — A. — 2,900. Dollars 4,825.59 From the above statement you will [undecipherable] at all times to be in the sum of 4825. dollars from the Army [undecipherable] to be applied to other objects open to me I request may be replaced with the least money you may forward to me. I have to observe to you that of [undecipherable] day in granting discharges to a number of [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] at this time since the army arrived here, there are about twenty who have received them, and gone off without having them indorsed [undecipherable]. But you may consider it as an uniform rule, that all [undecipherable] and officers who have no account to [undecipherable] duly. From the army are completely [undecipherable] led with upon their [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] thereon against impositions [undecipherable] of their officers or holder of his discharge [undecipherable] Mr. Balle has just returned from [undecipherable] and I am leaving the way to an ultimate Statement of the payments as averaged from 1791 & 1792. to the troops of this place and its dependencies. I enclose, & send to you herewith my warrants No 72 & 96. with pay and muster Rolls complete, annexed thereto, and regular receipts to the amount of 10684.[undecipherable] dollars, for which please to send me your acknowledgement as from at [undecipherable] I am with respect your obedient and very Humble servant Caleb Swan Paymaster [undecipherable] of the United States But since writing the above there have received your favor of the 9^th instant & [undecipherable] with their enclosures. C. Swan [left margin: [undecipherable] June [undecipherable] 1793 — Caleb Swan] [Joseph Howell Esq^r Accountant War [undecipherable]]