Ensign William H. Boots Accountants Office New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 5 [17—] Sir I enclose to your care a letter for [cut off] 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] [undecipherable] Mr. C. P. Bourcherpse [?] Accountants Off[ice] Asst. [?] Militia Store-keeper May 5 Springfield — Sir I received your two letters of [cut off] 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 [cut off] of the same, — the money would have been forwarded you [cut off] this, had appropriations been made by Congress for the [Year?]; so soon as that takes place the money will be forwarde[d,] of which you will be duly informed. Sam^l & W[undecipherable] Ch[undecipherable] Ensign J. Peyton Accountants Of[fice] Fort Wayne May [cut off] Sir I have received your letter of [cut off] March — and I really should not have taken the thought of gi[ving] 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 [cut off] as possible — I am led to this observations from the [undecipherable] [cut off]