[Accountants Office August 5^th 1799] N.R. Ellery Esq^r Ag^t Maj^r Gen^s [undecipherable] Sir I have received your letter dated the 4^th enclosing the Muster Rolls of Capt. Samuel Gates's Comp.^y from 31 May to 30 June 1799. It will be filed here subject to examination when the Pay Rolls shall arrive. The Accountant being temporarily absent it has become my duty to address you. Sam Hⁿ G. H. M^r Joseph Williams Springfield M^sAugust 5^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter [undecipherable] dated of the 31 ulto with its enclosure - an examination of [them?] will take place & the result communicated again in course The accountant being temporarily absent will account for my addressing you on this subject. — Sam Hⁿ G. H. John Kelly Esq^r Baltimore August 5^th 1799 Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 30 ulto enclosing the following ac^ts viz Capt Bruffs for . . . D^or 224.16 D^o . . . . . . 7. — M^r Brown . . . . . . 69.99 D^o [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which sum of Three hundred eighty one dollars & thirty one cents will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office. [undecipherable] having for a day or two left the City will account for my addressing you on this subject. Sam Hⁿ G H