[269] N R Elley Esq^r Accountants Office Adj^t [undecipherable] Gen^o August 5^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 4^th enclosing the Muster Rolls of Capt. Samuel Gates' Comp^y from 31 May to 30 June 1799 — It will be filed has been subject to examination when the Pay rolls shall arrive — the Accountant being temporarily absent it has become my duty to address you — Sam H^t E. H. M^r Joseph Williams August 5^th 1799 Springfield M.S. Sir I have received your letter under date of the 31 ulto with its enclosure — an examination of [undecipherable] will take place & the result communicated again in course — The accountant being temporarily absent will account for my addressing you on this subject. — Sam H^t G. J. John Kelly Esq^r August 5^th 1799 Baltimore Sir I have rec^d your Letter of the 30 ult^h enclosing the following acc^ts Viz: Capt. Briggs for . . . . D^rs 22.4.10 D^o. . . . . 17. — M^r Brown . . . . [undecipherable] 9.90 D^rs [undecipherable] which sum of Three hundred eighty one dollars & thirty [undecipherable] cents will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office. Settlements having for a day or two left the city will account for my addressing you on this subject. — Sam H^t