Joshua Wentworth Esq^r Accountants Off[ice] Supervisor August 3^d 179[1] Portsmouth N.H. Sir I duly received your letter of th[e] enclosing the receipt of M^r Edmund H. Quincy for [one] hundred dollars which sum will be passed to [your] Credit on the Books of this Office. Sam &c. William J[—] Acc[ountant] Lieut^t John Steele Accountants Off[ice] Carlisle August 3^d 179[1] Pennsylvania Sir I received your letter of [the] 31 Ulti^o inclosing your Recruiting account & Vou[chers] which have been examined. When Military characters are in pu[rsuit] of deserters it is considered as acting in the line [of] duty and only reasonable expences are allowed on [such] occasions, for this reason the premium charges by Serg^t [H—] has not been allowed nor the six Dollars charg[ed]