M^r John Aring Accountants' Office Elizabeth town June 19 1799 New Jersey Sir Your two letters of the 22 Ult^o — 11 h. yestorday to be furnished with forms & for closing your acco^ts were duly Recev^d the former was intended to have been answer'd & the tale & omissions for taking vouchers for your supplies to have been furnished you before this time, had but been [strikethrough: omitted] owing to the general calls about to be completed fully completed. From therefore only answer generally to the queries contained in your letter which may be I promise to give in the interval an taking vouchers for your Supplies — viz. Rations — The accountant voucher, for rations furnished must be a monthly return of the provision retⁿ in the form of the one shewing in separate columns every description of persons for whose document a vouching shews the daily given this being certified by the Commanding Officer to be a just true return of the provision rec^d by the Company in the manner of the Mess shall be produced by the Contractor as a proper voucher — Quarter Master, Hospital Stores &c Store received for by the Commanding Officer & Storing in general shows the purpose or what indeed shall be a sufficient authority for the Contractor making the purchase, which must all alnways be accompanied by the bills & rec^t of the person from whom purchased, and if the articles are furnished from the Contractors Store, must must be thus produced, that they are not charged above the market price & when the articles are delivered the acknowledgment of the rec^t thereof by the Commanding Officer will be a proper voucher — [turn to] ap S.