David Henley Esq^r a.m.f. Dinsmouths Ohio Accountants Office August 16^th 1799 Sir, The accounts of John [undecipherable] forwarded by you to this Office have undergone examination, & the result is that a number of receipts have been found, to be most shamefully altered from a small to a large amount. There are also a variety of charges for goods said to have been purchased & delivered by him to the Indians after drawing the pay and their return home, which were not within his duty — These, together with other charges not supported by vouchers agreeable to this abstract stated, amounting in the aggregate to Dollars 1124.97, being together will leave a balance due the United States D^rs [undecipherable] — This being the case, it will be proper for you to ascertain the most effectual manner of securing the payment of the balance due to the United States — & the probability there may be of success, & inform me thereof for my government — Sam G. [undecipherable] [marginalia along left side, written vertically: the balance is in the sum of [undecipherable]] Caleb Swan Esq^r N^o N^o 5 August 16^th 1799 Sir I have you herewith the accounts & Vouchers of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as Pay Master of the troops at the upper Post of the Ohio — a statement of the charges standing [undecipherable] on the books of this Office — amounts to D^rs 3135 [undecipherable] — have informed him of this circumstance & that you would communicate with him on the subject — Sam. [undecipherable]