Ensign William H. Boots Accountants Office New Brunswick, New Jersey May 5 [17—] Sir I enclose to your care a letter for [undecipherable] Edwards Miller, should he not have arrived at New Bru[nswick] I request you will lose no time in forwarding it as direc[ted] Sam^l & W[undecipherable] Ch[undecipherable] Mr C. P. Bourcherjee Accountants Off[ice] Asst [undecipherable] Militia Store-keeper May 5 Springfield — Sir I received your two letters of [the] Ultimo & 1^st Inst^t, the 1^st enclosing your account for salary [from] 1 December 1797 to 31 March 98 inclusive, the latter enclosing [a duplicate] of the same, - the money would have been forwarded you [before] this, had appropriations been made by Congress for the [year] — so soon as that takes place the money will be forwarded[,] of which you will be duly informed. Sam^l & W[undecipherable] Ch[undecipherable] Ensign J. Peyton Accountants Off[ice] Fort Wayne May [undecipherable] Sir I have received your letter of [undecipherable] March — and I really should not have taken the thought of g[iving] it any reply; did it not involve in it the settlement of an accou[nt] which I conceive it for the interest of the United States, to close as [soon] as possible — I am led to this observations from the [undecipherable]