[500] Lieu^t. Horatio R. Dayton Accountants Office Elizabeth Town New Jersey August 9^th 179 Sir In the absence of the accountant I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8 Inst.^t enclosing your account of Pay &subsistence for June & July 1798 accompanied w the Contractors' Certificate relative to the subsistence; the amount of the former being eighty Dollars & seventy four Cents you will receive from Nicholas Fish supervisor New York on your giving him the necessary receipts for the same I am &^c Peter Hagner A^ct C^k Daniel Stevens Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Charleston Aug^t 8^th 179 Sir I have to inform you in absence of the Accountant that the Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Two hundred Dollars to be paid to Cap^t. Francis Hen Huger of the 2 Reg.^t of A. & E. on account of the Recruiting service; which sum be pleased as usual to take the necessary receipts holding him accountable for the due application thereof I am &^c P. Hagner A^ct Clk