Lieu^t Anning & Fischer Niagara Accountant's Office October 29 1799 Sir M^r Samuel Since the War Office having on the 23 June 1799 [undecipherable] the sum of Three hundred forty me a [undecipherable] for the pay of yourself & the Troops at Oswego [undecipherable: you should] a May last, which he states to have remitted to you on the 22 August last, for which your receipt has not yet come forward, you are therefore requested to forward explicitly the a^c number over to me without delay, for the purpose of making the proper entries on the Books of this Office Sam^l l [Liew^t] [undecipherable] return to you and request you will endorse on the certificate, what number of [undecipherable: Sick] were present [undecipherable: owing] his [undecipherable] and whether in your opinion he is justly [undecipherable: entitled] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable: from] changes from the nature of the service? and if this done, he must empower some person to receive the amount at the Office by proper Power of Attorney accompanied by the account, & the certificate required, when an examination will take place & the proper sum paid Sam^l [undecipherable]