[376] M^r George Salmon—                         Accountants Office, late P.M. with Carlisle Regt                 October 7^th 1797 of Maryland Militia Sir In an abstract of monies advanced by Presley Nevill Paymaster General to the Militia called out to suppress an insurrection in the western counties of Pe[n] sylvania in the year 1794, you stand charged with mon[ies] received from him pursuant to warrants in your fav[or] for the pay of Col: Carlisles Regt. of Maryland Militia an[d] Major Lynns Battallion of Virginia Militia, employed in sa[id] expeditions and as no vouchers have hitherto been trans- mitted to this Office to exonerate you from those charges w[e] have to request your immediate attention in rendering su[ch] as you possess, or can obtain in a short time properly sta[ted] and in case of deficiency to refund the balance unac- counted for in your hands to the Treasurer of the Unit[ed] States. I am under the necessity to be the more urgen[t] in requesting your attention to this object in consequence o[f] a resolution of Congress of the 3 of March last directing m[e] to furnish an abstract by the first week in January nex[t] of the names of the receivers of public monies unaccounte[d] for. In rendering your accounts you will be particular in stating an account current charging the monies received and crediting the expenditures made agreeably to the pay rolls and accounts you were furnished with — also filing the receipts with th[e] accounts with corresponding numbers which are to a[...]