[241] [undecipherable: probable reading "our rec.d,"] an acknowledgment of the receipt of the amount, & your account will accordingly stand closed on the Books of this Office — I do not know of any law that will embrace your claim for Horses lost while on the expedition in the Year 1791 I am &c W.S. Caleb Swan Esq^r Accountants Office P.M.G. August 10 1799 Sir I send you inclosed an account of Pay [&?] rations of [undecipherable] M'Guen [undecipherable] Lieu^t [undecipherable] Pay [undecipherable] Lieu^t [undecipherable] from [Daniel?] [Bradley?] Mayor of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] who [undecipherable] the money to be sent as the Lieu^t is much in wants I am &c W.S. Major Dan^l Bradley August 16 1799 5 Inf^t Reg^t Marietta [undecipherable] — Sir I have rec^d your letters of the 9 Inst^t inclosing the acct of Lieu^t Sam^l McCowan [undecipherable] of the 5 [undecipherable] which has been transferred to Caleb Swan Esq^r Pay master General, for settlement, that Officer having since [undecipherable] to in this place, and it has become his duty in the first instance to examine [undecipherable] & settle all Army acc^ts I am &c. W.S. The muster & Pay rolls inclosed by you to the Secretary of War have been sent by him to the Pay master General for examination & payment —