being Five hundred seventy nine Dollars and five Cents, and for the amount of the Recruiting Vouches and receipts of R[undecipherable] for pay both being eighty Six Dollars & thirty eight Cents, these credits leave a balance against you of two hundred ninety Six D[undecipherable] eighteen Cents which includes the two hundred Dollars sent you for [undecipherable] not credited in your Statement and of which mention was m[undecipherable] my last letter of 29^th Ultimo — The Muster & Pay Rolls for November & Decem[undecipherable] been compared & examined and after deducting 79 Cents overc[undecipherable] on part of George Rockenberger and on that of William Watson 72[undecipherable] leaves the amount of five hundred forty eight Dollars & Sixty Three which you will receive in the usual way from Daniel Stevens Esq[undecipherable] at Charleston on giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself a[undecipherable] On a reference to your Muster rolls it is ascertain[undecipherable] Joseph Hitcher is an enlisted Soldier consequently entitled to 16 do[undecipherable] Bounty, altho the receipts in full for 14 Dollars for that object, sho[undecipherable] know no reason for withholding the difference from him you will [undecipherable] a credit for it on transmitting the receipt — Sam As [undecipherable] C[undecipherable] Capt. Rick. S. Blackburn Accountants Office Fort Norfolk near Norfolk January 25 1[undecipherable] Sir I received a letter from Lieut. [undecipherable] Dated the 11^th Inst^t enclosing Muster & Pay rolls of the [undecipherable] under your command for December 1797. the latter amounting [undecipherable] five hundred seventy five dollars which sum you will receive in the usu[undecipherable] from Edward Carrington Esq^r Supervisor at Richmond on giving [undecipherable] necessary receipts holding yourself accountable — Sam As[undecipherable] [undecipherable]