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Treasury Department Comptrollers Office July 26.th 1792 [flourish]


Sir.


You having been appointed PayMaster of the Troops of the United States, it has become my duty to transmit to you instructions in respect to the format for keeping of & rendering the accounts of your Office.

By the Act under which you have been appointed, the following duties are assigned to the PayMaster of the Troops of the United States.-- Firstly, To receive the pay-abstracts of the PayMasters of the several Regiments. or Corps. & Compare the same with the returns or Muster rolls which shall accompany the said pay abstracts.--

Secondly, To Certify accurately to the Commanding Officer, the sums due to the respective Corps. which shall have been examined as aforesaid-

Thirdly To transmit to the accountant of the War department. Copies of all reports to the commanding