taking their respective receipts holding them accounta[ble for] the due application of the same — Sam 8^t W[undecipherable] Lieu^t Peter Shoemaker Accountants O[ffice] Fredericktown M^d Apri[l] Sir You will receive from John [undecipherable] Esq supervisor Baltimore the sum of Two hundred [undecipherable] which you will be pleased to give him the necessary recei[pt] yourself accountable, being for the use of the Recruiting[undecipherable] Sam th[undecipherable] W[undecipherable] Lieu^t Samuel L. Dyson Accountants O[ffice] Port Tobacco, M^d Apri[l] Sir You will receive from John [undecipherable] supervisor Baltimore, the sum of Two hundred dollars [undecipherable] you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipts hold[undecipherable] yourself accountable, being for the use of the Recruiting [undecipherable] Sam 8^t W[undecipherable] Lieu^t Thomas Underwood Accountants Offi[ce] Richmond Va April [undecipherable] Sir Received your letter of the 27 Just [undecipherable] enclo[sing] your account for pay & Subsistence from 1 January to 31 March [undecipherable] before it can be acted on it will be necessary that you forward to this [undecipherable] certificate of the contractor or supervisor of the contract prices of [undecipherable] [Page 290 YPU01]