to be enforced, whether it was intended by the Secretary of War that he should receive compensation on those dispatches I am &c W. S. Caleb Swan Esq^r Accountants Office P. M. September 4^th 1799 Sir I inclose you herewith Muster & Pay Rolls of a detachment of Artill^ts & Eng^rs at Fort Johnston N.C. for the month of July 1799 under the command of Lieu^t Patrick b. [undecipherable: Price] which you will in course give the ensuing examination before payment. I am &c W. S. David Henley Esq^r Sep^t 4, 1799 A. P. Knoxville— T. Sir I have received your letter dated the 1^st Ult^o with the Copy of your Muster Books for the months of June enclosed. — The Yellow fever having again made its appearance in Philadelphia the Public Offices have been under the necessity to remove to this Place, where they will continue until the severity of a [undecipherable: Winters] frost will enable them in safety to return to their desired City. — Your communications of course be directed here, until that event takes place. — I am &c W. S.