Accountants Office September 16, 1799 Cap^t Samuel Eddins Richmond V^a Sir I have received your letter of the 23 Ult^o enclosing two receipts for bounty paid Thomas Howard & Jacob Frederick, & one for ten dollars paid for apprehending a Deserter, all of which will be filed, subject to examination on the settlement of your next account — With respect to the difficulty which you speak of, it is not an error, but arises in consequence of EdwardUcket &c^y not having receipted on the acc^t Rolls for his pay, sixteen Dollars, having been embraced in the Pay Rolls & remitted you for that purpose, which is the amount you state as being short credited, if you have paidUcket for April & May it will be necessary to send forward his receipts — Or you have had orders for enlisting [undecipherable: Troops] for a period of time? Before you are requested to pay the [undecipherable: Premiums] paid him & this [undecipherable: provision] admitted to your credit amounting to Two dollars over to their Office — With respect to Ezekiel Porter as no voucher or receipt has been received at this Office for