Savannah 25^th May 1796. Sir, Wylie Pope, the paymaster of the militia, has been with me and received the money for the pay of the Spies and Posts authorized by the President of the United States - Enclosed is my Account Current N° 10, and Vouchers upon which I shall make a few observations. The vouchers from N° 2 to 9 inclusively have been compared with the receipt rolls which you transmitted to me - where I have had duplicates I have taken the paymasters receipts thereon and I now transmit them; but in some instances, as the Spies for Hancock County, the only rolls were sent to your office, and the receipts have been taken conformably to your receipt rolls - On some of those now forwarded the oath has not been written, but the commanding officer of the County certifies that the Spies were mustered upon oath. It is to be observed although the Secretary of War directed that the Spies should be mustered upon oath, he did not order any particular form, and the officers under whose directions they have been placed have never omitted to take their depositions as to the Services they actually performed - the oath you will find annexed to some of the rolls was a form given by the late Col. Dorsey when he did the duty of Paymaster of the militia - I should, however, suppose it unnecessary when the certificate of the commanding officer of the County is annexed, as on the rolls of General Blackburne's division and of those under the direction of Brigadier General Clarke, these gentlemen were very desirous of doing this business properly - the manner in which they have sworn the Spies they have conceived fully answering the intention of the Secretary of War - I have however directed Col. Pope not to pay any who shall be borne on a roll to which the oath is not an nexed until they shall produce their depositions in writing - this will make a great deal of trouble - Those borne on the rolls N° 20 and from 33 to 35 inclusive were attached to the posts whose garrisons were mustered by Briga: M^cCall, pursuant to the instructions of the Secretary of War to me - they were also sworn - it was found conducive to the good of the service that the Spies should be thus attributed to the posts, and as M^r M^cCall found them there he thought it proper to muster them - it would have been better if they had all been mustered in this manner. There are some rolls for the Spies on the frontier which have not been returned to me - You will observe that I have paid of those included in the Estimate transmitted to you on the 4^th of April - The Burnt Fort, from the 1^st January to the 30^th of September 1795 - Fort Defence from the 10^th January to 31^st December 1795 and the Spies under the direction of Brig^r Gen^l Clarke - I have directed Col. Pope to pay the detachment at Fort Gordon and Carns Bluff out of the money arising from the stoppages to be made from the Spies for rations of provision and forage which have been issued to them - The rolls on that estimate for Forts Carnes and Habersham have been returned, as they were not properly made out - I now enclose you another estimate of militia rolls which have been examined by me, and are retained in the hands of the paymaster of the militia. With respect to the balance on my account current, [3,815.51] I have to observe that, three thousand, eight hundred & fifteen dollars & 51/100 belong to the regular troops for their pay &c. to the first of January - One thousand, one [1,188.69] hundred and eighty eight dollars & 69/100 to the militia and [2,777.84] the sum of Two thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven dollars & 84/100 I am to account for by Contingent expenses and my salary - I have before mentioned to you, in my letter of the 2^d of February, that I have not charged my salary since the 10^th of December 1793. I submit to you whether it would not be proper to remit me part, or the whole of this sum, as you will find upon examination that, exclusively of the charge of Contingencies the United States will owe me a small balance — I wish, however, this account to be kept open until I can make a settlement at your office. Enclosed is a muster roll and a pay roll for the troop of Dragoons commanded by Cap^t Randolph, authorized by the President of the United States for the sum [undecipherable] included in the estimate before mentioned — It is to be observed, that this troop has been raised upon an establishment totally different from any heretofore - I refer you to my letter to the Secretary of War of the 9^th January 1795 - in which was enclosed a copy of the governor's orders to Capt. Randolph - whether the pay will be allowed agreeably to those orders or to the Act of the 2^d of January 1795 must be determined at the War Office, in either case I shall be obliged to you to send the money as soon as the rolls shall have been examined. The horse has been killed by the Indians as [undecipherable] roll, for which the governor engaged one hundred dollars should be paid. Col. Pope has delivered to me a Statement of his account and the rolls which he has paid in full - they are now enclosed. I also enclose the muster rolls for the Spies you have heretofore required. I propose to go to S^t Mary's in a few days in order to pay the troops in that quarter - I have been expecting M^r M^cCall would come to this place, but as there are but few subalterns with the troops Col. Gaither has found it necessary to detain him. The regular troops will expect their pay for the three first months of the present year - I should forward you an estimate for the purpose if I were possessed of the necessary information. It appears to me highly proper that I should visit Philadelphia in order to make a settlement at your office - when I shall have paid the troops the money I now have in my hands, I may be spared from this country for a few weeks - it would be also proper I should see you that I might fully understand the nature of my business and enter into such explanations as cannot be done at a distance - This will be the fourth summer I have been in this country - I request you would speak to the Secretary of War upon this subject, if you should think my demand reasonable; and you will greatly oblige me to write me as soon as possible upon this business by the post, or by water if an opportunity should offer - as the Season is now advanced. I am with great esteem Sir Your humble Servant Wm. Freeman [Contents Received Aug^d 11^th [undecipherable] Aug^d 17^th] William Simmons Esq^r A. D. W.