[120] W.D. Accountants Office June 8^th 1794 Sir I enclose you copies of my Circular letters to recruiting officers dated 1^st and 8^th March 1792, and 29 January 1794, and of the Secretary of War dated 1^st March 1792. for your government while in the recruiting Service — Capt. Rich. Greeks I am Sir &c Philad:— afst himself Joseph Howell W.D. Accountants Office June 6^th 1794 Sir Enclosed is a statement of the account of Colonel Sam^l Dubois agreeable to an act of the first Session of the third Congress approved the 21^st Instant — Colonel Dubois having charged on the books of the late Pay Office With Eight hundred dollars received in August 1776 and the further sum of five hundred dollars received the 6^th of November 1778 for the recruiting service and these sums not accounted for in consequence, (as is alledged) of the loss of vouchers. I have been under the necessity of appealing to the Muster rolls and informing myself of the number of Men enlisted in his Regiment for those years and during the War — In a strict examination of the Musters it appears there were 561 Men enlisted in 1776 and 1777 — 61 Men in 1778 — 23 in 1779 and 41 in 1780 (leaving aside those of 1779 and 1780 (because in those years the Bounty was increased)) and taking those of 76. 77 and 78, the Bounty of 20 dollars to 622 Men will amount to 12,440 dollars, from which deduct the above mentioned sums 1300 leaves 11,140 dollars of which he received of the State of New York 10,000 dollars (which has been accounted for) still leaving a balance apparently due the Colonel of 1140 dollars, without taking into view the subsisting of the Officers and men while recruiting which would amount to a considerable sum — I have therefore considered Col. Dubois as exonerated from those charges — There appears a further charge against