[173] John Habersham Esq^r Collector Savannah G^a Accountants Office July 22 1799 Sir On settlement of the accounts of [undecipherable] Layman he has acknowledged to have recd. of you thirty [undecipherable] dollars on account of his fee, which sum will be paid to your Credit, on the Books of this Office — Sam^l [undecipherable] --- Capt Thomas Hallet Trout Bay; July 25 1799 Sir In answer to your letter of the 22 Inst. I would observe that it is an Established rule that when a deserter desires to forfeit whatever pay may be due him at the time, and that in case of his being apprehended or delivering himself up his pay again commences but is to be stopped untill it shall amount to the expences (if any there be) which have been incurred by his evasion. Upon having recourse to the Books of this Office I find that the sum of One hundred seventy eight Dollars & [undecipherable]/100 has been credited in [undecipherable] Account. you will therefore be [undecipherable] to retain on your hands the pay of the latter which has been due on for the month of June 1799 — from [undecipherable] H Simmons Act^t