[Page 213] Caleb Swan Esq. Accountants Office md August 6^th 1799 Sir I hand you herewith Muster & Pay Bills of the following Companies of 1^st U.E. received this day from A B Ellers Esq. of [undecipherable] Inft. - viz: Capt Nehemiah Freeman's B'y for July, Capt I Leas . . . do - Capt James Bruit . . . do Which Bills are transmitted to you for examination and payment - Sam B[undecipherable] W. I. A B Ellers Esq. August 6. 1799 of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sir I have rec'd your letter dated this 5^th enclosing the Muster & Pay rolls therein mentioned. They have been transmitted to the Pay master General for examination/payment to whom you are requested to forward in future all the communications, it being his duty in the first instance to examine the accounts of the Pay [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] for the Troops of The United States — Sam B[undecipherable] W. I. Caleb Swan Esq. August 6. 1799 & Mr G Sir I have rec'd a letter from Major McHenry dated the 26^th May last, ordering the sums undermentioned [undecipherable] monies advanced by that Office for the Recruiting service for acct of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] &c viz'd [undecipherable] Aug 99 — $[undecipherable] 400 [undecipherable] Revenue — do 20 — 220 Which is & herewith transmitted to you for the purpose of [undecipherable]