you will retain in your hands, subject to further orders. Sam S^t M.L. Lieut^t Yelverton Taylor         Accountant's Office Passenger Court House near      July 12 1799 Dumfries Bay ? Sir  I have rec'd your letter dated the 6^th enclosing one from Lieut. Blackner on the subject of your claims for pay as Adjutant to the 1^st Reg^t during his absence therefrom, In answer to which I have to inform you that the Pay Master Rolls for the period you charge are not in this Office, I therefore cannot ascertain the periods you acted as such. But as the Pay master General for whom [undecipherable] they were is shortly expected in this City, when he arrives an examination will take place & when it shall be ascertained that you are legally Entitled to receive payment it will be made of which you will be duly informed Sam S^t M.L. Major Jonathan Hoge           July 11 1799 Salem New Hampshire Sir On examining of your recruiting accounts it appears that you have charged bounty [undecipherable] for enlisting the dollars which does not appear by any rolls in this office to have been enlisted You also charge a bounty of 16 Dollars (man paid) as below, as enlisted [undecipherable] agreeable to the inlisted list, and their names does not appear on any Muster Rolls previous to their being inlisted by you, it will be necessary for your