230 M^r James Miller Accountant's Office Contractor Charlottesville Sep^r 5^th 1799 S^r Sol Your accounts of supplies for the Recruits at Charlottesville under orders of Capt mountflorence from between 10 January 1795 & 8 May 1799, has been examined & a balance of 179 Dollars have found against you agreably to the annexed Statement, which sum you will please to remit to General Carrington Esq^r to be by him transmitted to the Treasury of the United States — I am &^c W. S. John Bishop September 6^th 1799 Capt. Winchester V^a Sir M^r James Little Contractor has exhibited in his account against the United States charges for articles supplied as Quarter master Stores forward on your Certificates for the above, many of which appear to be of an extravagant nature, & such of a nature as should have been furnished out of the Public Stores, upon an application to the Sec^y 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 state & forward the original upon which the said supplies were furnished, that I may be Enabled to justify what part you was authorized to cause the said Contractor's be chargeable to the United States — I shall expect your immediate answer to prevent a delay of settlement of the Contractors accounts — I am &^c W. S.