Captⁿ Nehemiah Freeman, Fort Jay — Accountants Office Sept^r 11^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 30 Ult^o inclosing a receipt roll for pay of Captⁿ Ingersells Company for [strikethrough: June] together with loose receipts for pay of [strikethrough: a] Matross, matrons & pay and forage of 2^d Penny as Adjutant for June & July, which have been examined & the amount found right being Four hundred Dollars &87/100 will be placed to the credit of your account on the Books of this Office Enclosed I remit you a Copy of your account, from which it appears that there is a balance in favor of the U^d on your hands of Two hundred & thirty two Dollars & 78/100 for which you are held accountable & which you will please pay to Nicholas Fish Esq^rupon when your account will be closed on the Books of this Office I am &^c W^m S^r M^r John King Contractor Elizabeth Town N.J. Sept^r 12^th 1799 Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10 Instant, wherein you complain of my rejecting your charge of transportation of provisions, & that you mean to ask the cause — I thought that my letter of the 21 Ult^o had so fully detailed this point as to supercede the necessity of the question, as however you seem not to have understood me, I will here quote you such passage from your Contract as will give you the information required, Viz^t "John King doth agree that he will furnish to all troops and recruits that may be stationed, marched or recruited within District N^o 2, to