Daniel Stevens Esq^r Supervisor Charleston S. C. Accountants Office October 30 1799 Sir I received your letter of the 13^th Instant, enclosing your account of Commissions for receiving & paying monies from this Department to the 30 Ult^o, amounting to the a dollar and thirty hundreds, which you will receive from the Treasure of the United States ~~ Sam^l B^l M^l Cap^t Russell Bissell Hartford Connect^t October 30 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 16 Instant, with its enclosures — As respects the arrearages claimed by Oliver Babcock it appears by the Muster Rolls of Cap^t McClures Company that he was on command with Lieu^t Bissell, it will therefore be necessary previous to settlement that Lieu^t Bissells certificate of the time he served and amount due should accompany the papers — they are accordingly returned herewith & when they are completed by the addition of the certificate mentioned you will forward them to the Pay Master General whose duty it is in the 1^st Instance to settle all army accounts — I likewise return you the papers relative to Ozias Bissell, have to observe that the additional evidence produced is not sufficient to settle on, & to return him for lost — I have also to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, date the 23 Inst^o enclosing the account of each Evenings attendance on the part at the Barracks of Respectfully which I