[137] you will retain in your hands, subject to further orders. Sam^c W.J. Lieut^t Yelverton Taylor Accountant's Office Paymaster Court House near July 12 1799 Dumfries [undecipherable] Sir, I have rec'd your letter dated the 6^th enclosing one from Lieut. Blackmer on the subject of proof 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 & Muster Rolls for his prior corps charge are not in this Office, I therefore cannot ascertain the periods you refer to as such, But as the Pay master General from whom perhaps they are 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^c W.J. Major Jonathan [undecipherable] July 12 1799 [undecipherable] New Hampshire Sir, On examining of your [undecipherable] accounts it appears that you have charged bounty advanced for calculating the [undecipherable] which does not appear by any rolls in this Office to have been mustered. You also charge a bounty of 16 Dollars (man [undecipherable] to 33 below, as mustered more agreeable to the muster list, and their names does not appear on any Muster Rolls previous to their being mustered by you, it will be necessary for you