on account of his devisement you will be pleased for deduct the amount thereof, out of his pay accordingly. – As soon as you have obtained the Signature to the within receipt, let it as far as be retained in order to exonerate you from this charge on the Books of this Office & Iam &^c W. L. Nich^l. Fish Esq^r July 23. 1799 New York Sir I have rec^d your letter and [undecipherable] herewith enclosing sundry receipts for payments made by you[undecipherable] amounting to two thousand four hundred sixty [undecipherable]. Your differing from your statement one hundred dollars, the same being to mark occasions. Now which the necessary entries will be made on the Books of this Office & Iam &^c W. L. Henry Glenn Esq^r July 25. 1799 Schenectady N.Y. Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 18^th Inst in reply thereto, have to state, that the acct^s alluded to by you are relative to this Office by [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the Quarter Master General, as accounts for expenditures in the Quarter Master Dep^t, a long so audited by him collecting with a heavy account of that Department, & appearing in many instances considerably extensive, will naturally require the time & consideration that for acc^ts of such importance in the investigation