Capt Mich. Halteisen Accountants Office Fort Johnson May 23^d. 1797 near Charleston South Carolina. Sir I received your letter of the 1^st Instant contain[ing] the different enclosures therein mentioned. On the e[xa-] mination of your Account Current it has been [found] just, and the Balance Seventy eight dollars & Seven[ty] one cents will stand to your debit on the Books of th[is] Office.— The muster and Pay Rolls for the months of [March] and April 1797, of the detatchment under your Comm[and] have also been examined and the following deauction[s] have been made, viz: Amount as rendered by you . . . . . . Dol.^s 750. 85 deauctions An Overcalculation on the Pay of John Thompson . . . . . . 0. 4 An overcalculation on the Pay of G. Rockingberger . . . . . . . 5 The Pay of Uriah Higby paid at this Office . . . . . 14. 40 Part of the pay of Michael Upton being the balance of the 18. 29. which he recieved twice for the same services . . . . . 2. 29 Balance due on a Power of Attorney from Fred.^d Dalcho payable to Robert Field subs[titute] to Edwin L. Harris Attorney — 39-[undecipherable] 55. [undecipherable] leaving a Balance of Dollars 695. [undecipherable] [wh]ich you will receive from Daniel Stevens Esq.^r [at] [a]t Charleston on giving him duplicate receipts [h]olding yourself accountable for the due appli- cation of the same. You will receive by this conveyance some blank receipt Rolls according to your request. I am Sir &c. W^m Simmons Acct.