[134] Lieu^t John G McWhorter Accountant Office Elizabeth town No 5 July 13^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 11^th enclosing the Estimate therein mentioned. I have affixed an average price say of [undecipherable] cents for the [undecipherable], which makes my amount of [undecipherable] 499 40 [undecipherable] for the number of rations you [undecipherable] which for four months amounts to [undecipherable] 1977 [undecipherable] The Secretary of War has accordingly [undecipherable] the sum of Two thousand Dollars, on account of the [undecipherable] of the Officers of both Ogdens regiment. This sum will be forwarded to you this early [undecipherable] of next week, when you will be [undecipherable] relative to the mode of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] of the Officer. When the Pay master General [undecipherable] Esq. shall arrive on this [undecipherable] which is now daily [undecipherable] he will be directed to furnish you with the necessary instructions relative to your duties as Pay master, and they will include those which relate to the [undecipherable] the Troops, the returns of the Pay role [undecipherable], books made out, and in short, every thing relative to the Payments to the Regiment of which you are Paymaster — I am Sir [undecipherable]