A. Sprigg Jun.^r Esq^r in Congress Accountants Office May 29, 1798 Sir In answer to your request of today on the su[bject] of the late Ensign William P Gassaway's account I have to in[form] you that he has an unsettled account, on the Books of this Office, [and] the appearant balance against him is two hundred & fifty five D[ollars] & [cents], arising from monies received by him in the Year 1792 on ac[count] of the Recruiting service; for the expenditure, no account or vo[uchers] have been forwarded to this Office, if his friends are in poss[ession] of any papers or documents that will enable me to settle his ac[count] I shall be happy to do it, & if there should appear, a balance d[ue] to him, it can be paid to his legal representatives Sam^l [unclear] W [unclear] [unclear] D. De Saussure Charleston S. C. Accountants Office May 28, 1798 Sir Your accounts & vouchers for mounting the Artillery at Charleston, George town, [&] Georgia, have been forwarded to this Office by the Auditor of the Treasury Department for settlement; on com[paring] the different statements I find you have blended the monies you re[ceived] from this Office with those of the Treasury — I shall therefore return the statements to you, & request that you will only credit such monies as you rec[eived] from this Dep[artment] & its agents, & all other monies must be credited in the accounts proper to settle at the Treasury Dep.^t Sam^l [unclear] W[unclear]