[page 143] Capt. [undecipherable] Collins Richmond V^a Accountants Office July [undecipherable] 1799 No[undecipherable] Sir I have rec^d your letter [dated] the 27 [undecipherable] enclosing two rec^ts for bounties paid by you which will be filed in this Office, subject to future examination, I am R^y [undecipherable] Edw^d Carrington Esq^r July [undecipherable] 1799 Cap^t [undecipherable] Sir I have rec^d your letter [dated] the 26 [inst?] enclosing the receipt of [undecipherable] & Claiborne for two hundred & thirty Dollars, which from will be entered to your credit on the books of this Office I am R^y [undecipherable] D^r McLean[?] July 5 1799 Post master [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Boston[?] Sir I have [forwarded?] your letter [dated] the 1^st [undecipherable] with this answer. As the Pay master [General?] whose duty it is in the first instance to [undecipherable] your acct, [will?] shortly arrive in [undecipherable]; this will be suspended until that takes place, when they will be referred to him and you[?] [undecipherable] duly [informed?] where they shall have [undecipherable] his examination [undecipherable] I am [undecipherable] [undecipherable]