respective advances made by you Noting for what purpose & returning the amount in your letter accompanying the same. above state of the Public monies in your hands will be known— I have only to add, that when payment is made to a person who cannot write his name, the same must be attested by some respectable witness. I am &c W. S. Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Accountants Office Pay^r Boston October 9^th 1799 Sir I received your letter dated the 8 inst. enclosing the receipt of Major Dan^l Jackson for Doll^s 21.39, which will be entered on the Books of this Office — I am &^c W. S. Capⁿ William Woodward October 10. 1799 16 Reg^t of Infantry Rutlands Vermont Sir I have received your letter dated the 6 inst on the subject of the arrearages of pay & subsistence due you. As the pay master General has in the first instance the exami- nation & Settlement of all army accounts — I have referred your letter to him, with a request to do the needful — I am &^c W. S.