bounty paid him, either by yourself or L^t Topsel he cannot be taken into acc^t upon referring to the duplicate of your Recruiting account filed in this Office I find that Joseph Foster is noted as mustered on your R^t in July 98 that you are allowed Premium for enlisting the whole except Schenectade who enlisted. A descriptions name is interlined into the account it was thought omitted being entered for your own. I have also to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8^th of Sept enclosing receipts for bounty paid the 30 May^r to Ivory & Michael & Dolls will, which will also be filed subject to the final settlement of your Recruiting account for the monies standing to your debit on the Books of this Office, this I could wish may be done as soon as convenient as all advances & settlements hereafter will on the first instance be made through the Pay master General. — With respect to your observations on my letter of the 16 Aug^t they have not done away the objections to the allowances you have claimed, and as I have not time to enter upon any further explanations I must refer you again to that letter which I supposed had sufficiently pointed out the difficulties there were in the way of settlement in the manner you proposed. I am &^c [underline: Caleb Swan Esq^r] Phila. Sept 15^th 1799 Sir I herewith hand you the Muster & Pay Rolls of Capt Blackburns C^o of Art^y & of S^t Clairanes detachment of Infantry both Stationed at Fort Fayette Regim^t for the month of August 1799 accompanied by a letter from L^t Col^l