Alexander J Dallas Esq^r Accountants Office March 2[undecipherable] Sir Your letter of the 21^st Inst^o to the requesting information whether an order for paying the ration accounts of the Pennsylvania Militia on the Western Expedition soon after June was handed to me at date; and in answer thereto remark, that the accounts for retained rations &^c are to beransac[undecipherable:ransacked] 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 in course must be had to the Muster Rolls to as[undecipherable] true time of service) the difficulty in the examination would not so great, the irregularity & the inaccuracy of the Contractors he[undecipherable] [Cancelled: as also that to Alex^r J Dallas March —]