by you, Stating, for what purposes & [undecipherable: Printing] the amount in your letter accompanying the same, unless State of the Public monies on your hands will be [undecipherable: known]— I have only to add, that when payment is made to a person who cannot write his name, it must be attested by some disinterested witness— I am &^c T. S. Joseph Williams Esq^r Accountants Office Pay master & Store Keeper October 17, 1793 Springfield M^e Sir I have received your letter of the 18 [undecipherable: ult^o] with your acc^t for the quarter ending 30 ult^o which will be placed under examination, & you will in course be informed of the result. On a re-examination of your Vouchers N^o 5, 24, 64 &c & the rest of duplicates forwarded to you, I find that the deductions made were proper & it would so have appeared to you, if the acc^t of expenses had stated the principles upon which they were made. Your salary was admitted upon the same principles with that of all salary officers whose compensation was reported quarterly. Thus in the quarter ending the 30 Sep^t 1793 there was due to you for 1 Month & 4 days, June is 34 days. if therefore 92 days, the number of days in that quarter gives 125 Dollars — 34 days gives 46.19 & whole acc^t the quarter ending 31 Dec^r following — 125 — Dollars 171. 19 The day of ending [undecipherable: hitherto], was admitted as follows viz from 16 Oct^r 1791 to 28 Feb 1792 is 4 months & 15 d^ys @ 350 d^s p^r an — 116. — from 1 Ap^l 12 [undecipherable: March] 1792 to 12 days (@ 20 d^s for 31 days) [undecipherable: 60] number of days in [undecipherable: advance] is [undecipherable: 11.61]