check the Contractors account, which will shortly be put under examination — I am &c [signature] P.S. The amount of Pay for April & may was receiv'd Mr Lewis in June last from this Office, but through some omission it has not been sent on, it will be forwarded by the Pay master — [undecipherable: Calex] [undecipherable] City
P. Mc [undecipherable] Accountants Office August 23^d 1799 Sir I have you herewith the Pay master Rolls of Capt. Gibson's & [undecipherable] Davis's detachments, for the 1 Instant, which were this day receiv'd from Major Dan'l [undecipherable], are transmitted to your Office for examination & payment, of which he will be informed — I am &c [signature] Major Dan'l [undecipherable: Bradley] Staunton Va. August 23^d 1799 Sir Your letter dated the 14 Inst. with its enclosures, now receiv'd, the pay & muster rolls have been transferred to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Pay master General, who now has an Office in this place, & whose duty it is on the first Instalment to liquidate all Army accounts — I am &c [signature]