P.S. I enclose same Bank Master calls— I am Sir &c Beny M'Hen In the absence of the Sec'y. Capt [undecipherable] Lippman Trenton — New Jersey. W.D. Accountants Office September 4^th 1794 Sir Agreeably to your request I remit you by Capt. [undecipherable] Forty eight dollars & 20 Cents being the amount of your subsistence from 1^st Jany to 1^st [undecipherable]; your pay for August you will receive from the person appointed to pay the detachment. I regret that it is not in my power to grant your claim for barracks or room hire for yourself while on the recruiting service as I think the expences attending the recruiting service in general is not covered by the allowance stipulated by law— Lieut Daniel [undecipherable] Trenton — New Jersey I am Sir &c Joseph Howell W. D. Accountants Office September 4^th 1794 Sir I have received your letter of the 4^th September, I retain the receipt of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and regret that it is impossible to transact his business in the way you request a Muster being taken of the Soldiers at West Point, his pay will be made up with theirs and remitted, the pay I suppose will pass through your hands [undecipherable] annexed to the Ordnance Detachment, as if there should be no other Officer— Agreeably to your request I remitted the 11^th Sept to Col. [undecipherable] Five Thousand dollars to be transmitted to you for the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department— I now enclose some remarks on your accounts dated 4^th July & 25 August which you will be pleased to examine and have the necessary alterations done to the exceptionable vouchers which are also enclosed— I have caused to be remitted to Col [undecipherable] to be paid to you One hundred and fifty three dollars being for pay due the Detachment employed in the service of the Ordnance department for April, May & June 1794 which you will please to disburse and take receipts agreeably to the