that his future Accompts should also be made to the Pay master General. The request contained in your letter relative to a supply of blank muster & Pay Rolls will be attended to by M^rAbeel to whom the letter has been forwarded — Sam^l L M^r Tho^s Bowel Accountants Office Manchester N^o October 8^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 19 Ult^o on the subject of Rations Issueed by Offner in 1792. if the claims you have are for those rations on the Western Expedition they should have been presented to Gen^l Heath the agent of the Virginia Militia on that Expedition & his awards & allowances being called, & the amount forwarded by him to this Office, this not having been done & these accounts being now finally closed I am at a loss to inform you where payment can now be made, as the examination would be attended with great difficulty Sam^l L — Cap^t Michael Kalteisen October 25^th 1799 Fort Johnson S.C. Sir On examination of the accounts of William Izop Contractor at Charleston S.C. it appears that Major Toussard & yourself have drawn double rations for the month of June last as commandant at Fort Johnson. — The act of the 3^d March 1797 Says "that no [undecipherable] Officer, while commanding a separate Post, there shall be allowed him the number of Rations to which they would otherwise be entitled" — It is therefore understood that the stationary have