[355] Daniel Stevens Esq^r Sup^t — Charleston, S. Carolina Accountant's Office Nov. 11^th 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 18^th & 21^st Ulto. the first inclosing Augusta Delpeche's duplicate rec^t for D^rs 227/100 the latter inclosing ——— Ditto ——— receipt ——— " ——— 230 and Cap^t Michael Balthasar's ——— do ———— 461 17/100 Amounting to ——— D^rs 918 67/100 which will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c Peter Hagner Rec^t Clk Lieut. Joseph [undecipherable: probable reading Gjunpic] Whetstone Point Baltimore Accountant's Office Nov. 12^th 1796 Sir The pay Roll of your Detachment to the 31^st Oct^r 1796. has been examined and after deducting, Thomas Edwards pay for Aug^t:— D^o paid him at West Point. William Forbes — do for June — d^o ——— at ——— do —— D^o ————— for July — d^o for desertion Amounts to One hundred forty six Dollars, which sum you will receive from John Kille's Esq^r Dep^t Baltimore on giving him duplicate Receipts therefor, & disburse the same agreeably to the enclosed muster Roll You will be pleased in future to be as correct as possible in making out the pay Rolls, and instead of inserting the dates of Enlistments, and ending of Service insert the day their pay is to commence, & in the next column the day to which the Pay is calculated. If the United States have been at any expence in apprehending William Forbes — let the amount be