Michael G. Houdin M.S.K. Albany Accountants Off^ce March 22 Sir Samuel Hodgdon Superintendent of Stores presented at this Office Sundry receipts with a Statement made to you — before it can be acted on, it will be proper that an account Current crediting the monies you have received, & ch^g payments, It will also be necessary that the accounts should ac the receipts — Sam^l H^s W[undecipherable] --- Edward Carrington Esq^r Supervisor Richmond — Sir Accountants Office March 23^d 17[undecipherable] I received your letter of the 1[undecipherable] the receipt of Lieu^t Thomas Underwood for two hundred & seven & twenty Cents, which sum will be entered to your Credit on the B Office — Sam^l H^s W[undecipherable] --- Alexander J. Dallas Esq^r Accountants Of^ce March [undecipherable] Sir Your letter of the 21 inst^o to the requesting information whether an order for paying the ration accounts of the Pennsylvania Militia on the Western Expedition, on the [undecipherable] was handed to me at date; and in answer thereto remark, that the accounts for retained, rations &^c are to beransac Office and if any mode can be adopted, to ascertain the just they will of course be settled here — Had the Pay, will have made to Muster, (for recourse must be had to the Muster Rolls to as true time of service) the difficulty in the examination would not so great, the irregularity, & the inaccuracy of the Contractors, hav [Cancelled — as also the two in folio 243, March —]