advances on acct whether on Contract or otherwise, must appear on your Accounts transmitted to this Office for settlement as no charges not for a payment in full can be admitted. Sam &c W S L^t Robert McOsborn Accountants Office 1 Aug^t [undecipherable] July 2^d 1799 Ste The Pay due the Detachment of [undecipherable] Troops [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] under the command of [undecipherable] Thomas Murphy has been examined to the Sum of [undecipherable] five Dollars [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] differing from your statement Dollars 30.66 arising from the pay of the following persons having been [undecipherable] until the [undecipherable] of the Government is known, and [undecipherable] whether the United States have been at any expence in procuring them. Thomas Perry artifixer Dollars 16.66 William Walker Horseman " 7.— Herman Yites [undecipherable] " 7.— Dollars 30.66 Sam &c W. S. M^r Norman Smith July 1, 1799 Hartford Count[undecipherable] Sir Your acct for manufacturing 189 cts of [undecipherable] Accoutrements, stating a balance to be due you of Dolls 46 has been examined and [undecipherable] the following [undecipherable]: [undecipherable] short of the number charged by you, agreeably to the Report of the Inspecting Store Keeper at this place [undecipherable] leaving a balance on your