receipts accordingly) — The Accountant being absent I in consequence make this communication. I am &^c P. Hayner Lieu^t Ford & Blackborne Accountants Office Fort Norfolk Sep^t 13. 1799 Sir I received your letters dated 6^th inclosing muster & pay rolls of the Troops stationed at Fort Norfolk for the month of August 1799 — which have been handed to the Pay master General for payment agreeably to my letter to you of the 21 last month. — Your future transmissions of Army accounts are to be made to this Office agreeably to that letter I am &^c Hon^ble Jackson Esq^e Sep^t 13. 1799 Sup^t Boston Sir I have received your letter of the 9^th. The account of D^r Thomas Welsh therein inclosed I return to you to be executed in the following manner Viz^t. a certificate of his appointment to set forth the emoluments he was to receive, the commencement & ending of service, & by what authority such appointment was made. — These requisits are necessary before this account can be [strikethrough: add] adjusted, when they are completed the account is to be transmitted to [strikethrough: the] Regimental Paymaster [undecipherable] at the place whose duty it is in the first instance to examine & liquidate all Army accounts & I am &^c