powers appertaining to the Quarter Masters department. I am &c &c Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Joseph Howell Agent for the D^t of War &c N^o 2. Accountants Office February 9^th 1794 Sir I have considered the claim of Lt Col^l Sprout for services rendered by him as Lieutenant of the County of Washington territory of *States North West of the Ohio* for services rendered in organizing mustering and reviewing the Militia and Scouts called out for the protection of the frontiers of that County &c between the 30^th July 1791 and the 1^st July 1794. the Colonel has exhibited to me an account of 528 days service in which is included 9 Months and 6 days in coming for money and returning, deducting this time from the total amount charged will leave 240 days in which he appears to have been in actual Service. In September 1792 you allowed him for services rendered in part of the years 1790 and 91 the pay and forage of a Major having