W.D. Accountants Office December 30^th 1794 Sir An Account having been presented for Mounting the Cannon of the U States at New York to a very great extravagant amount, in order to check the charges — I am ordered by the Secretary of War to you to furnish me immediately with a particular account of the number of Cannon of the United States and their carriages which were forwarded by you for the Fortifications of that place and such other information as may tend to elucidate his enquires into the propriety of admitting the amount in question — George Fleming Esq^r West Point via Peekskill New York — I am &c &c Joseph Howell --- W.D. Accountants Office December 30^th 1794 Sir The Treasurer will remit you the sum of One hundred dollars to be known —