[242] David Henley Esq^r a. w. D. Generals Ohio Accountants Office August 16^th 1799 The accounts of John Whistler 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 ration money, which were not authorised — These, together with other charges not supported by vouchers agreeable to the abstract noticed amounting in the aggregate to Dollars 1124.87 being rejected will leave a balance due the United States [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^l [undecipherable] --- Caleb Swan Esq^r D. M. S. August 16^th 1799 Sir I have you herewith the accounts & Vouchers of Swan being as Pay master of the troops at the upper Posts of the Ohio, a statement of the charges Standing [undecipherable] relative on the Books of this Office — amounting to D^rs 3135 [undecipherable] I have referred him of this circumstance & that you will communicate with him on the subject — Sam. [undecipherable]