and request to hear from you explanatory on that subject— The Auditor of the Treasury is the proper person to be add[undecipherable] on the subject of the fire wood that may be due to you— Agreeably to your request you have a Copy of the articles enclosed herewith — Sam W^c [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Caleb Swan Esq^r Accountants O[undecipherable] Paymaster General — Sir Feb^y 5^th 17[undecipherable] I have received your letter of this [undecipherable] with an abstract & Vouchers of your payments of the 15 Ultimo [undecipherable] amount to one thousand seven hundred & twenty two Dollars &[undecipherable] will in course meet the proper examination at this Office— Sam W^c [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants O[undecipherable] Supervisor New York Sir February 6[undecipherable] The Treasurer of the United States [undecipherable] to you on the 31 Ultimo the sum of Three hundred Dollars which you [undecipherable] pleased to pay as follows — S[undecipherable] David Hale for mounting .............. 200—[undecipherable] Forman Cheeseman for his compensation N^o 31[undecipherable] December 1797 .............. 100—[undecipherable] For which [undecipherable] to forward the proper receipts Sam W^c [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Forman Cheeseman Accountants O[undecipherable] Superintendent of the Navy Yard February 6[undecipherable] New York Sir You will receive from Nicholas Fish [undecipherable] Supervisor at New York the sum of one hundred Dollars, being for your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] N^o 31 December 97, for which you will please to give him the [undecipherable] receipts Sam^l W^c [undecipherable]