Caleb Swan Esq. Paymaster General Accountants Office P.M.S. June 16^th 1797 Sir Inclosed you have remarks made on the examination of the different Vouchers lately transmitted by you to this Office for your government in settling the different delinquents. By these remarks you will perceive the following Officers have to account for Balances opposed to their names, which they are indebted to [undecipherable] you, as you will see by the enclosed letters to [undecipherable] which after perusing you will be pleased to seal [and] cause to be delivered. Thomas Pasteur Capt 1 Reg— acct inclosed him — 17[undecipherable] Edward Butler " Levies d— d. 344.33 D— D— " 4^th Reg d— d. [undecipherable]1212.27— 115[undecipherable] Hamilton Armstrong 1 d— 1[undecipherable] Andrew Shanklin L^t 3^d d— Bernard Gaines Capt. 1 d— Ephraim Kibby Spies Yelverton Peyton Ens. 1 Reg— Total amount Dollars 1 3[undecipherable] I should hope they will readily comply w[ith the] request as the impropriety of leaving Public monies [for any] length of time in the hands of Officers must be evid[ent to] [strikethrough: themselves] as well as to yourself; at any event a[fter urging] them to account for their respective balances, I [shall be] glad to be informed as soon possible what satisfact[ion I] have been able to obtain from each of them. L^t John Bowyers recruiting account has un[dergone] examination, and the balance as stated by you to [be due] him, ten dollars, is found to be just. I have to request your attention to have [the] defect in the receipts mentioned in the remarks, rem[edied] and to guard against similar ones in future. with respect &c W^m Simm[ons]