[317] Jacob Sheafs Esq^r Accountants Office Portsmouth N. H. August 7. 1799 Sir, I have rec'd your letter of the 31 Ulto, enclosing the acct of [undecipherable] Parker Pay master of the 16 [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] for four months Pay & Forage of the Officers thereof, and on account of the Recruiting service, amounting in all to Eight thousand one hundred [undecipherable] eight Dollars, together with his Bond & Oath of Office agreeably to my letter to you of the 22 May last, all of which will be duly entered in this Office — [undecipherable] W S Jacob Sheafs Esq^r August 7. 1799— Portsmouth N. H. Sir, I have rec'd your letter of this 31 Ulto, with the amounts therein inclosed. In your acct [undecipherable] under date 24 Oct. 1798, you charge the sum of [undecipherable] 479.12, amount of [undecipherable] for expenditures on the U. S. [undecipherable] at Portsmouth, this Vouchers however have not been rec'd at this Office, and until they are the amounts now [undecipherable] must of necessity be suspended, you will therefore cause them to be rendered as early as possible — [undecipherable] W S