[marginalia along left margin: The letter at the [undecipherable] of this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] charge not for a Payment in full now be amended I have only to add that when payment is made to a person who cannot write his name it must be attested by some responsible witness — Sam E^o P.S. Duplicates of this letter with a list of the Instructions have been forwarded to your agent on the Mississippi which are to govern him until he receives regular Instructions from you The Agent or Deputy Accountants Office Quarter Master Gen^l November 21 1799 on the Mississippi Sir As the agent of the Secretary of War I have to enclose a Duplicate of my letter of Instructions to the Quarter Master General with the forms therein referred to in relation to vouchers & the forms of keeping his accounts, or expenditures on acc^t of rations, [undecipherable] & Barracks, making a deputy herein by direction of Brigadier Gen^l Wilkinson You are hereby directed to be governed by the same till you receive Instructions regularly from your Principal — Sam E^o N.S. C Swan Esq^r November 23 1799 M.Q. Sir I have herewith a statement of the monies owing to the debt of M^r [undecipherable] [undecipherable], temporary additional Quarter Master in the army of the United States [undecipherable] amounting to [undecipherable] dollars, which sum is to be accounted for on settlement of his Pay &c at your office & of which he has been informed — Sam E^o