on account of his desertion you will be pleased to deduct the amount thereof, out of his pay accordingly. — As soon as you have obtained the [undecipherable] so [undecipherable] without receipt lett it as to be retained in order to exonerate you from this charge on the Books of this Office S— Sam^l B[undecipherable] N. L. Nich^s Fish Esq^r July 23 1799 New York Sir I have rec^d your letter with 24 h[undecipherable] enclosing sundry receipts for payments made by you amounting to two thousand four hundred sixty [undecipherable] dollars differing from your statement one hundred dollars, the same being to mark vouchers — now which the necessary entries will be made on the books of this Office S— Sam^l [undecipherable] N. L. Henry Glenn Esq^r July 25 1799 Schenectady N. [undecipherable] Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 18 Ins^t in reply thereto, have to state, that the accounts offered for by you are sent to this Office by Gen^l Irvine's late agent for the Quarter Master General, as vouchers for expenditures in the Quarter Master Dep^t, it being so [undecipherable] by him collected with a heavy account of that Department & appearing in many instances considerably erroneous, will naturally require the [undecipherable] & considerations and for rec[undecipherable] of such irregularities in the investigation