[192] and request to hear from you explanatory on that subject — The Auditor of the Treasury is the proper person to be add[ressed] 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 H° [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Caleb Swan Esq. Accountants O[ffice] Paymaster General — Feb 5^th 17[—] Sir I have received your letter of this [—] with an abstract & Vouchers of your payments of the 15. Ultimo [—] amount to one thousand seven hundred & twenty two Dollars &[—] will in course meet the proper examination at this office — Sam S° [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Nicholas Pesh Esq. Accountants Off[ice] Supervisor New York February 6[—] Sir The Treasurer of the United States [—] to you on the 31 Ultimo the sum of Three hundred Dollars which you pleased to pay as follows — S[.] David Hale for [undecipherable: probable reading "routing"] ............ 200— Forman Cheeseman for his compensation N° 31^st December 1797 ......................... 100— For which be pleased to forward the proper receipts Sam H° [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Forman Cheeseman Accountants Off[ice] Superintend^t of the Navy Yard February 6[—] New York Sir you will receive from Nicholas Pesh [—] Supervisor at New York the sum of one hundred Dollars, being for your [undecipherable] N° 31 December 97, for which you will please to give him the [undecipherable] receipts Sam H° [undecipherable]