observe that there are columns ruled for the Number of the Warrants & Number of the accounts on which the payment was made — as part of the accounts are here, you may suspend the number of them, and only include the number of the Warrant — After the Warrants cease, you will continue the numbering of the accounts from the last number of the warrant — After you have completed the abstract of payments, you will proceed to form an account Current agreeably to the enclosed form and debit the United States with the amount of the abstract of payments, and credit the sums you have received, shewing the balance remaining in your hands unresponded. You will be cautious in entering the payments, so as to include none, but such as are proper to be settled at this Office; and the credits to consist of monies received from this Office and such others which would be proper to be accounted for here — Where warrants have been issued on account of persons not held accountable, it would be well to notice it in the abstract, so that at one view it may be seen who is the accountable person. Your attention to the foregoing is particularly requested — a frequent transmission of Abstracts and accounts would be a desirable thing — with each transmission of Vouchers, there should be an abstract & Account Current accompanying them, shewing the balance of any remaining unresponded Sam^l. W^m Simmons Acct S^t Richard Butler Accountants Office Fort Franklin Dec^r 30. 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 18^th inst enclosing a muster Roll for the pay of Ensign M^c Clary & the detachment under your command for June, July, & August — the amount of which will be credited to the credit of the proper Office. The balance remaining in you hands unappo- priated