from will be passed [?]proper [undecipherable] on the Books of this Office — Enclosed you will receive a statement of your acc^ts as it stands on the Books of this Office, by which you will observe that the sum of one Hundreds & eighty dollars charged to you by the Pay master Gen^l is not taken into acco it having been accounted for on your settlement of the 23^d Sept 1796, which circumstance M^r Swan was not informed of notwithstanding which there appears to be a balance against you of twenty four Dollars & 5/100, which fund you will please to refund to the Treasurer of the United States & Sam^l [undecipherable] M^r S. Captⁿ George Ingersoll August 6^th 1799 West Point Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 3^d with its enclosures — The Muster & Pay rolls of the Troops at West Point under your command for July 1799 have been transmitted to Caleb Swan Pay master General for examination & payment — he will take the necessary steps for making the remittances & you are requested to make all your future communications relative to the pay, arrears of pay, Subsistance or [Forage: or recruiting] for that Officer — whose duty it is in the first instance to receive & examine their accounts — The receipts for pay & bounty will be examined & entered to your credit on the Books of this Office — Sam^l [undecipherable] [undecipherable: ML?]