Tench Francis Jun^r Purveyor of Public Supplies Philadelphia Accountants Office Sep^t 4^th 1799 Sir On the examination of your accounts an error has been discovered in the valuation of a Note of Blankets purchased by you of Israel Pleasants &c^o Copy of their bills is annexed, by which you will observe that the am^t of 2 pieces of Blankets (@ 107. & 105.) &c has been entered £20.4. Sterling instead of £ 10.7. making a difference of £ 10.7. 8^d or at 160 5/8^th advanc^e; of £ 22.11.0 Currency of Pennsylvania, which will be audited, and the amount of the overcharge thus corrected, will be placed to your credit. I give you this earliest information of this circumstance that you may be enabled to adjust the mistake. I am &c^a W. S. Note 75 Blankets is the number which you have carried into your acct as the whole of the above mentioned purchase, which corroborates my Statement of the error Philad^a Nov. 16. 1798 Tench Francis Esq^r Bo^t of Israel Pleasants &c^o 2, 8¹/₄ point Blankets 15 in N^o 7. £15 £ 20.14.— 3 p^t —— 14. — at^o at 107 £ 22.9.6 at 105 £14.19.8 [undecipherable] £ 213.3.8 Rec^d Nov 23^d 1798 of Tench Francis Esq^r the above stated for Blankets — (signed) I^s. [undecipherable: Aarons] Rec^d Nov 26^th 1799 from Tench Francis Esq^r Eighty one pounds sixteen shillings & nine pence in full. for Israel Pleasants &c^o £81. 16.9 John Taylor [undecipherable]