[136] Capt Amos Stoddard Accountants Office Portland March, July 11^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 23^d ulto inclosing a receipt Book for pay of the Troops at Portland under your command from 1 February to 30 April 1799 which has undergone examination, the Sum of Thirty two Dollars & [undecipherable] the pay of James Harman artificer James Warren [undecipherable: Foote?] [undecipherable] described has been deducted having this amount [undecipherable] to be shown [undecipherable] hundred forty [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] which is accordingly [undecipherable] to your [undecipherable: credit?] on the Books of this Office Sam [undecipherable] Capt Baptiste Brizille July 13 1799 [undecipherable] &c— Sir I have received your letters, the one [undecipherable] dated 12 June the other 1 July with the enclosures, and [undecipherable] to your [undecipherable] have forwarded the letter [undecipherable] Brizille [undecipherable] The receipt rolls for pay of [undecipherable] men under your command to 30 March 1799 has been examined at this [undecipherable] correct amounting to one hundred & ten Dollars, [undecipherable] will be [undecipherable] to your credit on the Books of this Office — The [undecipherable] of One hundred nine Dollars & [undecipherable], [undecipherable] was forwarded to John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on the 13 June [undecipherable], which you acknowledge to have received you will [undecipherable] to appropriate for the payment of your [undecipherable] for the months of May & June[undecipherable], [undecipherable] the [undecipherable]