[The following page is numbered 124 in the upper left corner] The claims of John White for pay previous to desertion cannot be admitted the same being forfeited to the United States — form 8° N.S. Lieu^t Meriwether Lewis Accountants Office Charlottesville Va. July 29, 1799 Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 20 Instant enclosing the receipts on pay of yourself & [undecipherable] to 31 May 1799 inclusively amounting to the Fifteen hundred [undecipherable] one Dollars & [undecipherable]m, which have been examined & found correct, & will be passed to your Credit in the Books of this Office. Enclosed is a copy of my letter to you of the 25 last March, respecting M^r Davis's [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Enquiry has been made at the Post Office in [undecipherable] to your promotion & the answer was that it took place on the 2^d March, but for further information I have to refer you to the Secretary of War. The Secretary being temporarily absent will account for this communication coming from me. Sam Vi^r P. H[undecipherable] Capt Sam^l Edens July 29, 1799 Richmond M^d Sir In answer to your letter of 22 Inst^t I have to inform you that the pay of the Detachment of [undecipherable] under your command for April & May 1799 was transmitted to