Cap^tn Nann J Fischer Niagara Accountants Office May 24^th 1800 Sir I have received your letter dated 21 Ulti^mo inclos[ing] your acc^t curr^t & vouchers therein referred to for Settlement. I have also received your acc^t for subsistence from 1 Sep^t 1799 31 March 1800, — both of which have undergone examination the result whereof is as follows — Balance due agreeably to your Statement . . . . . Dol^rs 161.57 Amo^t of your account for Subsistence . . . . . . . . . . . 87.63 249.20 to which add this amount short charged in Sub^ce for Sep. 99 — .3 from which has been deducted the following overpayments 249.23. made to two Recruits which cannot be admitted; no allowance being made by law to a Soldier who may reculist — Viz: Benjⁿ Frazee . . . . . . . . . Dol^rs 2. — John Ells . . . . . . . . . . . " 2. — } 4. — this Sum being the difference of Subsistence between a Cap^t & a Lieut^t charged in your account from 1 Nov. 99 to 31 March 1800, the date of your promotion being 24^th April 1800, difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.65 26.65 Dollars 222.60 leaving a balance in your favor of Two hundred twenty two dollars & Cents sixty, which Sum has been paid to Mess^rs Warder Parker ob^t f[or] your The Sum paid by you to W^m Sentrip over & above the amo^t specified in his account cannot be admitted to the deb[it] of the U. S. a statement whereof was also transmitted to you in my letter of the 12^th Nov^r Ulti^mo in order to govern you in making the payments — The letter forwarded by you to this Office for M^r Taylor has been handed to him & the claim therein contained settle[d] — Sam &c W. S.