Joseph B. Dwight Esq^r Ag^t of Sub^s Albany N.Y. Accountants Office October 29^th 1799 Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 21 Instant & have referred it to M^r Swan the Pay master General, who has opend an Office in this place & is charg'd in the first instance with the settlement of all Army accounts, to whom all applications on account of pay are to be made— your draft in favor of Nich^s Fish Esq^r was presented at this Office, & has also been referred to the Pay master General, your account being closed on the Books of this Office— I am &^c C. Swan Esq^r P.M.G. October 29. 1799 Sir I herewith hand you a letter from Lieu^t Jos. B. Dwight, of the 1 Reg^t of Infantry, enclosing settlement of his acc^t of pay. I have informed that Officer of my referring the same to you— I am &^c Joseph S. M^cIlvaine Esq^r Master Wilmington N.C. October 30^th 1799 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of four thousand Dollars, being an advance made to you by the Secretary of War, on account of the subsistence of the Army, to enable you to make the necessary advances to the Contractors, for which sum you will please to furnish the necessary receipts, holding yourself accountable— I am &^c