am't of balance to your debt previous to payment by m'r [undecipherable] D'o 183 97 against this sum paid by him ............ 86.65 D'o 96 32 which sum of ninety [undecipherable] dollars [undecipherable], I have to solicit your immediate attention to, by referring the same to the Treasurer of the United States, to enable me to close your account on the Books of this Office —) Sam B. By. Lieu^t James Sterrett January 10^th 1800 1 Reg^t U.S. Sir, The Pay & Muster Rolls of the Troops to whom you acted as Pay master having been received at this Office, they have been compared with the Troops rolls & an account stated therefrom — On [undecipherable] [undecipherable] rolls in January, February, March, April, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you take [undecipherable] in the pay of William Jacobs [undecipherable] amounting to Twenty dollars, for which no receipt is produced — upon referring to the Pay rolls of said Company for that period, [undecipherable] is not even made up for pay, but is stated to have been paid at Fort Washington by L^t Lewis, but the pay of January next, p'd for at the same time, though made up; in the pay is not accounted on the Muster rolls. This leave a balance in your hands in favor of the United States of twenty dollars, which sum this Pay master General has been instructed to hold you accountable for. — Sam B. By.