Sums Deducted from Advances to Officers & Soldiers

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War Dep^t. Acco^t Office Decem^d 21^st 1793 Sir I request you to furnish me with a certificates of the sums you have deducted of [strikethrough: from the] my advances to the Officers & Soldiers agreeably to they Acco^d [strikethrough: transmitted to you] & as appears on the estimates transmitted to you; it will be necepary that your certificates should Apertain the company & Corps to which the Officers & Soldiers were arranged & you will please to inform whether you have made the deductions retaining the money in your hands or if it is done on the rolls & the balance extended & paid by you — I am Sir your ob^d Serv^t [undecipherable]owell [Col^t Swan Esq^r. Pay Master of the Troops Head Quarters]

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Howell wants to be furnished with certificates of the sums deducted from his advances to the officers and soldiers as shown in his own account. Swan's certificates should indicate the company and corps in which the officers and soldiers are arranged.