will please take his receipt one of which you will transmit to this Office— Enclosed are my two letters to James Irby & Isaac Ellersalie to be forwarded by you, the latter I have forgotten life years for your perusal that you may see the nature of the charges of that contractor which have been settled at this Office; in consequence of which he falls indebted to the United States the sum of D^rs 101.31— you will please to have on mind this unremitted [undecipherable] further assurance be applied for— Jan^y 8^th W S M^r Jⁿ Little Contractor Manchester Virginia Accountants Office October 16^th 1799 Sir Your account & vouchers for supplies to the troops at Manchester were only rec^d at this Office on the 30 of aug^t last— these have been examined & will continue so to be untill Capt Bishop answers my letter to him of the 11 Sept otherwise I advise him to send on the original returns upon which the annihilating credits charged in your accounts were paid & at the same time to show by what authority he had drawn articles of your that should have been obtained if wanted from the Public Stores— I am surpris'd you should think of obtaining a final settlement of your accounts at this Office when you have not in any Instance produced a Bill or rec^t for the cost of articles therein charged and in the case of the two enclosed returns for rations to Capt Bishop will [undecipherable: Evince] you have not produced them nor for which reason they are now