balance of three hundred forty one Dollars & 77/100 which from will be transmitted to you by M^r Samuel Lewis for Clerk in the War Office, for which you will please to grant him your duplicate rec^t holding yourself accountable for the due application thereof — [Sum 95. N. 8.] D^r George Henry, Accountants Office N^o 1 Pinckney row — June 18 1799 Charleston S.C. [undecipherable] I have recev'd your letter dated the 5^th inst enclosing a muster rolls for pay accounts issued to a Detachment of the 2^nd Reg^t of Artillery stationed at Fort [undecipherable] under your command from 1 Dec 98 to 28 February 1799. which has undergone examination & found correct the amount therein certified being nine hundred sixty six Dollars will accordingly be placed to the credit of your account on the Books of this Office — I have also recev'd your muster & Pay rolls from 1 March to 31 May 1799 amount 977 Dollars & [undecipherable] 708.65. from which has been deducted the pay due to the following deserters the same being forfeited to U.S. [undecipherable] Job lords America D^rs 15— [undecipherable] C Dana .......... 15— Philip Dalls .......... 16— Thomas Moore .......... 16— William [undecipherable: Norads?] .......... 15— Nathaniel Chambers .......... 15— 90— D^rs [undecipherable] leaving a balance of six hundred [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] which from you will receive from Samuel Lewis [undecipherable] to whom