extend, if it should be understood that the order of the Commanding Officer is always a sufficient voucher for the Contractor, there will be less trouble on passing Contractors accounts I return you [undecipherable] Jonathan Jacksons letter of the 29^th Ulto with your remarks thereon I am &c W.S. M^r George Fleming } Armament Office West Point July 8 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 2^d Inst enclosing the a/c bills for pay of the Ordnance Department for Mary 1799 amounting to Seventy new Dollars, which has been examined & found correct and will be [undecipherable] to your credit on the Books of the Office — Also your account of Salary from 1 [undecipherable] to 30 June 1799 which you will receive in your [undecipherable] as I account for the 1^st of the present month — which I request may be [undecipherable] forwarded to this Office immediately in order that this [undecipherable] may be adjusted, money having been transmitted to you for that purpose. I am &c W.S. Col. [undecipherable: Abade] Morris July 8 1799 Fort M Henry Sir Upon an examination of the Mus^r rolls of the Troops at Fort M Henry under your command for the month of April 1799, I find the amount received to be five dollars short of the [undecipherable] mentioned in your letter — The difference arises on