[165] Captⁿ George Ingersoll Accountants Office West Point August 11^th 179[undecipherable] New York Sir I received your letter of the 6 Inst^t addressed to P. Hagner, in answer to which I have to request that you will inform me the place you were stationed at with the Army, when you received your Furlough to go to Boston. when this Information arrives orders will be given for the payment of your account agreeably to the settlements which will take place in consequence of such Information. I am &c. James Read Esq^r Accountants Office Collector August 10. 1796 Wilmington N^o. Carolina Sir I received the letter of Thomas Robeson Dep^y Collector enclosing a receipt of Blakely & Prince for one hun- Dollars on account of supplies furnished & to be furnished to the Recruits at Wilmington. The Receipt I delivered at the Sec^t of the Treasury's Office it not being proper to be forwarded to this Office. No Receipts are forwarded here except such as are for monies advanced from this Department, of which I uniformly advise all persons concerned when any transmission of money takes place. I am &c. Captain Alexander Gibson Department of War Stanton Accountants Office Virginia August 9^th 179[undecipherable] Sir Agreeably to the Information contained in the Letter to you of the 6^th Inst^t I enclose you a duplicate rec^t for the payment made on your account to M[undecipherable] John Boyd amounting to three hundred Dollars for which sum you are held accountable on