[Duplicate] C. Freeman's Account Current —— N^o 12. [Duplicate.] Fort S^t Tammany, 1^st January 1797 To Enclosed is my Account Current N^o 12 and the vouchers. The troops have all been paid to the third of August, and the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] first of October — Joel Dickinson's company and all detached at Fort Pickering, Elijah M^c[undecipherable] as soon [undecipherable] able by the way. Shares deducted his pay agreeably to the Balance of last muster, and is [undecipherable]. I shall receive your decision on his accounts. I have made a [undecipherable] last deficiency [undecipherable] — I have included the duties of enlistment [undecipherable] men who [undecipherable] of service were unknown on Capt. Bolton's muster roll, agreeably to your letter of the [undecipherable] third of September. if there should be any error I will thank you to correct them. I have not made any payment on account of [undecipherable] since. [undecipherable] at Fort Pickens would [undecipherable] to receive [undecipherable] — the [undecipherable] drawn is from the Contractor [strikethrough: ———] the ration has been so low that it has been impossible for the officers to supply themselves with provisions. M^r [undecipherable] Cole has given me his duplicate receipts for the monies I have paid to him, as soon [undecipherable] as we can obtain the rolls, his receipts would be taken on them in the usual manner and they shall be transmitted. From time to time I insert a note of the expenditures for contingencies, the vouchers I have not forwarded these kind of accounts can be best filed personally. Of the balance I have in money on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of January [undecipherable] A Whitney and a [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] from them which were [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] two hundred [undecipherable] forty most dollars and [undecipherable] of $2885 right cents, the sum of two thousand five hundred [undecipherable] dollars and ninety right cents are to be [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] you will be pleased to observe. By this neither of [undecipherable] have been charged in any of my accounts since the [undecipherable] of December 1793 nor is it any way they [undecipherable]. Some soldiers who have been mustered as nurses in the hospital and have done hard duty yet Freeman has applied to me for pay as such. I should have paid their accounts but Col. Gaither objected. I am however of opinion that those men are justly entitled to the additional pay — Explained to [undecipherable] me your decision. [undecipherable] pay, as I have before written to pay but [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] who have been [undecipherable] which would have done when last [undecipherable] [undecipherable] had even said. I have received a letter from [undecipherable] in which he informs me that he has made about all [undecipherable]. I shall charge for [undecipherable] going to find you a statement of his account. He has transmitted me another return of [undecipherable] which he has received, enclosed is a copy thereof. these are authorized — Do not be alarmed these cannot be any more. I have received your [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] 18^th of [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] has also informed me that [undecipherable] has received the money — The troops have been [undecipherable] paid and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and with Col. Pope in Savannah with [undecipherable] tain me [undecipherable] that I shall not go immediately to Charleston. But you may rely [undecipherable] on my attention to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a return enlisted by Capt. Gleason — 10. I shall take leave, this post the next [undecipherable] to morrow for Savannah, from whence I will write you again. I am with great esteem Sir Your humb^le Serv^t Wm. Freeman [undecipherable] A.C.D.S. William Simmons Esq^r A.D.W. --- [Duplicate] N^o [blank] The United States in Account Current with [undecipherable] Freeman [undecipherable] to the War Department D^r C^r 1796 By Balance of last Account N^o [blank] — [undecipherable] To the amount of the payments made to Ensign [undecipherable] received of Capt. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] paymaster, to wit: [undecipherable] received by [undecipherable] from him to the [undecipherable] By Cash received [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] For the [undecipherable] Infantry company By Cash received by [undecipherable] from him [undecipherable] 1233.78 January & February — 333.20 Nov. 1. By the Cash, received of the Treasurer of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] directed by the [undecipherable] May & June — 316— For [undecipherable] Orleans — [undecipherable] ——— 1348.[undecipherable] For [undecipherable] in Georgia — [undecipherable] 1851.22 For Capt. Baldwin's company January & February — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] May & June — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ——— 3596.[undecipherable] For Capt. [undecipherable] company January & February — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] May & June — [undecipherable] ——— 3914.[undecipherable] For the detachment at [undecipherable] 3775.[undecipherable] For the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] company January & February — [undecipherable] ——— [undecipherable] For the [undecipherable] M^c[undecipherable] — 686 [undecipherable] day to 31 August — [undecipherable] ——— 1[undecipherable] For the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Monies paid to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] C. [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Returned — Ditto ——— [undecipherable] For the [undecipherable] of S^t [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Ditto — [undecipherable] For Capt. [undecipherable] company 565.96 For the Garrison of [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & Cubbs 310— [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] 10. For the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 300 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] ——— 222.[undecipherable] —————— 23,3[undecipherable].71 23,3[undecipherable].71 Fort S^t [undecipherable] 31^st December 1796 [signed] Wm. Freeman [countersigned] Robt. [undecipherable]