As relates to your future payments they will be governed by Pay Masters Boo which Shall be Issued by order of the Commandant — as to those from[?] and your duties relative thereto you will receive particular Instructions from the Pay Marshal General when he shall arrive at this place — Form 8 N^o 5. Major Lewis Howard, New Post O.T. Accountants Office July 16 1799 Sir, M^r John L Post Contractor has exhibited at this Office for Settlement his acc^t of supplies to the Troops at Fort McHenry from 1 Jan^y to 30 June 1799, wherein I observe so many charges of an extraordinary nature especially in the Quarter Masters Dep^t. that I conceive it absolutely necessary before I can make a Settlement of his accounts that you should forward to this Office all the original returns upon which your certificate on the Contractors General Abstract are founded — As I observe the vouchers for fuel & Straw are done without form or rule I take the liberty of enclosing to you the regulations for that purpose to which I request your particular attention — James W M L --- John Sibley Esq^r Baltimore July 19 1799 Sir I received your letter dated 13 Inst^t enclosing Cap^t Shute Meroni rec^t for Six hundred thirty Six Dollars & [undecipherable] which will be entered on the Books of this Office — James[?]