Francis Montges Esq^r Accountant's Office A.g.t Fortifications at July 2, 1799 Grosse Island [undecipherable] Sir With your letter of yesterday rec'd I rec'd your account Vouchers for expenditures made by you on account of the Fortifications erecting on some Islands up the 30 June last, which have been sometime [undecipherable] rects, the Sum of Dolls 10,712 · 79 together with the further sum of D^rs 449.11 being the balance reported to be due you on settlement at the Treasury is [undecipherable] to your credit on the Books of this Office leaving a balance in your hands of [undecipherable] thousand [undecipherable] hundred & forty three Dollars & fifteen cents [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sam D.O. W.S. Edward Carrington Esq^r June 24, 1799 Supervisor of [undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the Sum of [undecipherable] Hundred and Two Dollars & [undecipherable], which you will please to pay to Capt Samuel [undecipherable] taking his duplicate receipt, holding him accountable for the application thereof, being for pay of himself [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] & the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the [undecipherable] Reg^t of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] under his command to 31 May 1799. Sam D. W.S.