Jacob Sheafe Esq^r Accountants Office Portsmouth N. H. August 7 1799 Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 31 Ulto. enclosing the ac^t of Samuel Parker Pay master of the 1^st U^s Infantry for four months Pay & Forage of the Officers thereof, it^s and on account of the Recruiting service amounting in all to Eight thousand one hundred eighty eight Dollars, together with his Bond & Oath of Office agreeable to my letter to you of the 28 May last, all of which will be duly entered in this Office — Sam^l H— M. S. --- Jacob Sheafe Esq^r August 7^th 1799 — Portsmouth N. H. Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 31 Ult: with the amounts therein inclosed — In your account rendered date 24 Oct^r 1798, you charge the Sum of D^rs 479.12, amount of Vouchers transmitted for expenditures on the U. S. Fort at Portsmouth, these Vouchers, however, have not been rec^d at this Office, and until they are the amounts now received must of necessity be suspended — you will therefore cause them to be rendered as early as possible — Sam^l H— M. S.