proper accountant's Return shall be furnished with abstracts of the remarks arising thereon when it is completed I am &^c W. S. Caleb Swan Esq^r Accountants Office P. M. G. October 22^d 1799 Sir I hand you herewith a Statement of the balance remaining in the hands of Cap^t Rich^d Burd of the 4^th Reg^t of Infantry, on Settlement of his account this day amounting to one hundred & ninety one Dollars 80/100 — you will of course make the necessary deductions from his pay to balance that sum — I am &^c W. S. Cap^t Rich^d Burd October 22^d 1799 at the care of Mess^rs Gibson Staunton, V.^a Sir Enclosed I send you a copy of your account including the Pay of yourself & Company to 31 March 1797 from which it appears there is a balance in your hands in favour of the United States of one hundred ninety one Dollars 80/100 a statement of which has been handed to the Pay master General, where only it is the liquidate all Army accounts, & who will of course make the necessary deductions from your pay in order to balance that sum — I am &^c W. S.