not be allowed, as you did not direct the money to be transmitted from them the Branch Bank I am at a loss how to act and therefore have concluded to wait your directions which you will please to give on the return of the post. — I shall be able to accommodate M^r [undecipherable] with Thirty dollars and in one month more with the like sum, but to make an advance of one hundred would be deviating from the system adopted and might cause censure from my superiors in Office. — Jonathan Dayton Esq^r I am Sir &c Joseph Howell W. D. Accountants Office Sir July 18^th 1794 The enclosed account has been presented to me by M^r Hodgdon for settlement; he tells me it is warranted by your authority in conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury. I therefore take the liberty to refer it to you for