Major Jon. Cap.^s Accountants' Office Pittsburg October 21^st 1800 (T) Sir The accounts mentioned in your letter of the 6 Inst. have been received from Lieut. Wilson they have been examined & the sum of D.^r 57. 27. Admitted which will be paid at sight subject to your order, it would be paid agreeably to your letter to Lieut. Lewis, but he is not here to receive it. I am &c W.S. Caleb Swan Eq.^r October 21^st 1800 P. M. G. Sir Your letter dated 20^th accompanied by the accounts therein mentioned have been received & will meet I due examination. I am &c W.S. M^r Ben. Russell October 21^st 1800 Editor of the Columbian Sentinel Boston Sir A letter dated 9 Inst. with an account for printing was handed me by the Secretary of War,— Before accounts of this nature can be Settled it is proper that they should be Stated in a particular form. The extent of each advertisement & the period inserted, should be noted in the account, attested to before a magistrate. The Oath to set forth that the printing was done by order of the Secretary of War, & inserted for the periods charged— & that the sum charged, is the same as charged in similar cases p[er] established rules. The account thus Stated & forwarded to this Office will meet with immediate payment. I am &c W.S. M^r Dodridge Crocker Accountants' Office Charleston S. C.— October 23^d 1800 Sir Your accounts & vouchers for supplies in June July & August 1800 to the troops at & near Charleston amounting p[er] your Statement to D.^r 2114. 33, have been rec^d & admitted to your credit against the sum of D.^r 3681. 70 with which you stand charged. The balance of D.^r 1567. 37 you are held accountable for. Notwithstanding the very particular instructions relative to your accounts contained in my letters of the 13^th Dec.^r 1799, the 6^th March & 8 April 1800, still your accounts are so materially different in statement & deficient in vouchers as to render it necessary to recapitulate what appears to have escaped you particularly as the having to state your accounts anew impedes very much their Settlement. I hope therefore you will remember that it is requisite to know the aggregate amount of supplies to each post (and this your late abstracts do not shew) for which purpose it is obvious that separate abstracts are necessary wherein are to be Stated, first under the head of Rations issued all the Rations issued on each Return which are to be numbered & filed with the abstract — 2^d Quarter master Supplies & Expenditures with the Comm.ⁿ thereon & 3^d Hospital Supplies & Expenditures with the Commissions — &[if]