Caleb Swan Esq^r P M C Accountants Office November 8. 1799 Sir The Secretary of War having authorised and admitted the amount of the account for the services of Ethan A. Brown as Assistant Secretary to Major General about Hamilton from the 8 April to the last of September inclusively 5 months &22 days (= 20 d[oll]^s 8 months) making 113 dollars and you having directed that sum from the account of [undecipherable] Hamilton for want of that authority. You are hereby [undecipherable] to take the necessary steps to effect the repayment & charge this same in your account of Pay master General — Sam H^r Edward Carrington Dep^y Pay^r November 8. 1799 Sir I received [undecipherable] your ground of the 29 Ult^o enclosing a letter from M^r Isaac Miller & a bill of Doct Meadow [Ford] letters have done away the objections to the full [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Bill & receipt of M^r [Dunport] shall come to hand properly vouched, the whole of the M^r 19. is deducted from M^r Millers former acct. will then be admitted. Together with the present acct of Doct Meadows attendance on the sick — & you directed to pay him out of the monies in your hands — Sam H^r