Captⁿ Nehemiah Freeman} Fort Jay —} Accountants Office Sept^r 11. 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 30 Ult^o inclosing a receipt roll for pay of Captⁿ Ingersells Company for June together with loose receipts for pay of Artificers, Matross, a pay and forage of 2^d Denny as Adjutant for June & July, which have been examined & the amount found right being Four hundred Dollars 97/100 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 28/100 for which Sum you are held accountable & which you will please pay to Nicholas Fish Esq^riron 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. 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 & provisions; & that you wish to ask the cause — I thought that my letter of the 21 Ult^o had so fully discuss'd 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 requir'd, Viz^t "John King doth agree that he will furnish to all troops and recruits that may be stationed, march'd or recruited within District N^o 2, to