[936] A. N. Ellery Esq.^r Off.^r Dep.^t Gen.^l Accountants Office August 16 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 11 Inst.^t inclosing sundry attestations of Recruits which I have forwarded to the Office of the Pay master General where they more properly should be lodged — Sam [undecipherable] W.J. The Pay master General August 16 1799 Sir I hand you herewith the attestations of Recruits of the 12 Reg.^t of Infantry rec.^d under cover from A.N. Ellery Esq.^r — which are forwarded to your Office to be filed there subject to examination on settlement of the Officers Recruiting accounts — Sam [undecipherable] W.J. M.^r John [undecipherable] Contractor New Port R.Is.^d August 10 1799 Sir On the receipt of your letter of the 26 Ult.^o Major [undecipherable] & the [undecipherable] hat[undecipherable] inclosing the originals alluded upon which your claims for supplies are founded your two accounts for Supplies to the Garrisons in the Enclosures of New Port between the 1 January — 30 June 1799 were immediately settled agreeably to the inclosed statement leaving balance of $[undecipherable] in favour of the United States for which sum you will be held accountable on the Books of this Office — From this statement you will observe that there has been two [undecipherable]