230 M^r James Miller Accountant's Office Contractor Charlottesville Sep^r 5^th 1799 Sir Your accounts of supplies for the Recruits at Charlottesville under orders of such months as have been furnished between 10 January 1795 & 8 May 1799, has been examined & a balance of 179 Dollars have found against you, agreeably to the annexed Statement, which sum you will please to remit to General Carrington. Dec^r to be by him transmitted to the Treasury of the United States — I am &^c W. S. John Bishop September 6^th 1799 Cap^t Winchester V^a Sir M^r James Little Contractor has exhibited with his account against the United States charges for articles supplied as Quarter Master Stores founded on your Certificates for the above, many of which appear to be of an extravagant nature, & such of course as should have been furnished out of the Public Store, upon an application to the Dep^t of War, or for which you should have at least receive his Sanction previous to ordering the same to be supplies by the Contractor. The object of the present is to request you to send forward the original upon which the said supplies were furnished, that I may be enabled to justify what ever you was authorized to cause the said Contractor to be chargeable to the United States — I shall expect your immediate answer to prevent a delay of Settlement of this Contractors accounts — I am &^c W. S.