Ensⁿ Hugh M'Cole Accountants Office Fort Wilkinson G^a July 31. 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 18^th enclosing an account of Pierce M'Kinny's, for damages sustained by him on acct of the erruption of Public Stores in his own Stables It appears to me that the account is of a nature to be [paid?] by the Contractor being a proper charge on the Quarter Master's department. I accordingly return you the documents for which is to be [transmitted?] previous to payment, the necessary Certificate & order of the Commanding Officer. Yrs &c W.S. Will'm Dulaschee Contractor August 1^st 1799 Richmond Virginia Sir Your accounts & Vouchers for supplies to the Recruits at Richmond under the command of Capt Samuel [undecipherable] on May & June 1799 amounting [undecipherable] fractions $[undecipherable] $D1020.97 has been settled and the amount of the several [deductions?] deducted — One being so much paid $1.8[undecipherable] for rent of a room occupied by eight [undecipherable] 10 Months @ 3 Dollars [p'month?] — charges of this kind are inadmissible — & those for barracks having already [taken?] for this [purpose?] at a very high rate, the same cannot be admitted only under particular circumstances [prescribed?] by the Secretary of War — $D20.— The other being so much paid by you when the order of Capt [undecipherable] stated it to be for the condemned [undecipherable] for the use of the [Troops?] & [officers?] under his command — no such