Capt. George Ingersoll Accountants Office M^r. Ford June 1^st 1799 Sir I have rec'd your letter dated 12 Inst: enclosing the muster & Pay rolls of the garrison of Miss Fort for the month of May 1799 amounting agreeably to your statement to Doll 323 — 37½ from which has been deducted This sum overcharges in pay of Hugh, Wood, or D[undecipherable] this [undecipherable] in pay of James McMann . . . . . . 4½ [undecipherable] due to the [undecipherable] from 1 & 2 May 99 the same being credited to the U.S. by aw[ard?] 4[undecipherable] [undecipherable] due Joseph Roberts [undecipherable] from 1^st to 22 [May?] 1799 the same forfeited for absences as above 8-9 4.26½ Doll 394. 23 Leaving a balance of Three hundred [undecipherable] four dollars & [undecipherable] Man which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish [undecipherable] paymaster [undecipherable] agreeably granting your duplicate receipt for [undecipherable] accounted for this application therefor Sam G: W B Men [undecipherable] Farrington, Esq. [undecipherable] June 10, 1799 Sir The Governor of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred & eighty eight dollars, due [undecipherable] disbursements of the [undecipherable] of Infantry for troop maintenance, and the rations of [undecipherable] Cap^t. [undecipherable] Davis being for [undecipherable] munitions [undecipherable] items with non munition officers & [undecipherable] rations of such [undecipherable] for May 1799, which sum you will please to pay to [undecipherable] & return [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] receipts Sam. G: D.B.