A. Sprigg Jun: Esq^o in Congress 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 [&] the appearant balance against him is two hundred & fifty five D[undecipherable] & [undecipherable], arising from monies received by him in the Year 1792 on ac[count] of the Recruiting service; for the expenditure, no account or v[ouchers] 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^o [undecipherable] W [undecipherable] [undecipherable] D De Saussure Charleston S^oC^o Accountants Office May 28^o 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 acc[ount] of the different statements I find you have blended the monies you rec[eived] from this Office with those of the Treasury — I shall therefore return statements to you & request that you will only credit such monies as you rec[eived] from this D[epartmen]t & its agents, & all other monies must be credited in accounts proper to settle at the Treasury Dep^t. Sam^o [undecipherable] W[undecipherable]