Captⁿ Abel Thompson Fort Niagara Accountants Office December 31 1799 Sir I have duly received yours of the 21 Aug^t 15 & 28 Nov^r & 18 Instant, with their enclosures from which your acct has been Stated having a balance now standing against you of D^rs 14. 04 [symbols] included add: This Some price Carenighes Smithy has a remark in this Detachment of Infantry at Niagara; being part of the late grunt paid by yours for his pay from 1 Sept 1798 to 6^th may 1799, the date of his discharge. The same having already been [strikethrough: passed] to your credit on P. H^er.... 40. M. Colet 34. 39 Amounting to Fifty four dollars & [undecipherable] allotment [undecipherable] has been handed to Caleb Swann Eq^r Pay master General, who waits [undecipherable] made A the company deductions from your Pay on order to balance last amount on the Books of this Office — Sam H^r W. A. Caleb Swann Esq^r P. M. G. December 31 1799 I have you [undecipherable] statement of the balance remaining in the hands of Captⁿ Abel Thompson of the 1 day [undecipherable] 18 [undecipherable] acting pay master to the Garrison at Fort Niagara of 6^th may 1799 including his own Pay [undecipherable] to the same forces; amounting to Fifty four Dollars & [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] into [undecipherable] of monies deduct from his pay on order to balance that amount — Sam H^r W. A.