Lieu^t Manning & Neilson Accountants Office, Fort Orange, August 7^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 23^d June last, enclosing your account Current & vouchers therein referred to for Settlement. On examining your Bouncing acc^t I find that you have paid the Sum of fourteen [undecipherable] Dollars as bounty to ordinary recruits, enlisted between the periods of the 12 August 98. & 17 Feby 1799 — whereas the Act to augment the Army passed the 16 July 1798, only allows a bounty of 12 Dollars to each Recruit who may enlist after the passing of said Act — the further examination of your accounts will therefore remain postponed until you acquaint me by what authority you paid the Bounty aforesaid — All advances of money on acc^t of the Recruiting service or for pay, are in future to be made by the Paymaster Gen^l who is now on this duty to whom application must be made accordingly — Sam H. W. S. --- Cap^t Samuel Bates North Miltown near Portland Sir I have rec^d your two letters of the 17^th & 22 Ult. with the enclosures Your account has undergone an examination by which I find you have committed several errors as appears by the enlcosed account of errors & differences — Should you be possessed of any documents that will obviate the difficulties generated please be forwarded them Northen Office, with the rec^ts [undecipherable]