also Two hundred and fifty dollars being for the use of the recruiting service for which sums you will please to sign duplicate receipts to be accountable. I am Sir &c Joseph Howell Lieut. Wm Buchannan Smith of Corps of Artillery & Engineers Baltimore — Maryland — W. D. Accountants Office June 21^st 1794 Sir The Secretary of War has directed a remittance to you through the hands of Nathaniel Gorham Esq. Supervisor at Boston of Two hundred and fifty dollars being for the use of the recruiting service for which you will please to sign duplicate receipts to be Accountable for the due application thereof. I am Sir &c Joseph Howell Lieut. Nehemiah Freeman of the Corps of Artillery & Engineers Boston — W. D. Accountants Office June 20^th 1794 Sir Inclosed you have copies of my circular letters to recruiting Officers, dated 18^th March 1792 and 23^d January 1794 to which I request your strict attention to prevent any embarrassments on the settlement of your accounts. The following Officers have been written to of this date — [Copy of the this letter & the inclosure sent to] I am &c Joseph Howell Capt. Davis Wadsworth, Hartford Connecticut L^t Thomas Hutchins, Philadelphia L^t James Street, Carlisle L^t William Lew, Cornel Mathias Slough Lancaster L^t Liman Geddes Ensign David Thompson Alexandria Ensign James Richmond Jun^r New Brunswick L^t Wm Buchannan Smith Baltimore Capt. Alexander Thompson New York L^t John Baker Hale, Portsmouth New Hampshire L^t Nehemiah Freeman Boston Capt. Frederick Frey Salem