Samuel Hodgdon Esq.^r Accountants Office Superintend^t of M. S. June 11^th 1799 Sir Edmund Manchester Contractor has exhibited a charge which has been admitted to his acco^t of Dollars [undecipherable] for materials & makeing of two Artillery Corps [undecipherable] delivered to Capt [undecipherable] Dates, for two men under his assistance at Castle William Island. You will therefore charge that Expt [undecipherable] accountable on the Books of the Superintendent of Military Stores— I am S^r W. Simmons Act^r Jonathan Jackson Esq.^r Accountants Office Superintend^t Boston June 18^th 1799 Sir I have received your favor of the [undecipherable] Inst enclosing the Accounts of Edmund Manchester Contractor which shall be placed under examination & the balance found due will be remitted. The other enclosing two receipts of William Swan Pay master of the 1^st Reg^t amounting to 2108 dollars and will be entered on the Books of this Office accordingly— I am S^r W. Simmons Act^r Nicholas Fish Esq.^r June 10^th 1799 New York Sir The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Seventy eight Dollars being for pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of a Detachment [undecipherable] stationed at West Point, under the direction of George Fleming [undecipherable] names [undecipherable] for the month of April 1799, which from you will please to pay to the said George Fleming who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof— [signature]