check the Contractors account, which will shortly be put under examination. Sam &c. [No.] 17. P.S. The amount of Pay for April & may was received by Mr Lewis in June last from this Office but through some omission it has not been sent on it will be forwarded by this Days mail. Caleb Swan Pay M^r Accountants Office to August 28^th 1799 P. Mc G. Sir I have [send?] you herewith the Pay master Rolls of Capt [undecipherable] Klein's [undecipherable] detachment, for the 1 Instant, which were this day rec^d from Major Dan[iel] [undecipherable: Brintzinger] are transmit'd to your Office for examination & payment, of which he will be informed. Sam &c. [initials] Major Dan[iel] [undecipherable: Brintzinger] August 23^rd, 1799 Staunton V^a. Sir Your letter dated the 14 Inst. with its enclosures, were rec^d, the pay & muster rolls have been transferred to Caleb Swan Pay master General who now has an Office in this place & whose duty it is on the first to liquidate all Army accounts. Sam &c. [initials]