[410] Joshua Compⁿ Agent of Fortifications New Orleans N.T. Accountants Office November 13 1799 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one thousand five hundred Dollars being on account of the Fortifications at Marshlands, for which sum you will please to transmit your duplicate receipt acknowledging yourself accountable &a Sam^l [undecipherable] W.L. Gen. [undecipherable] by Boon November 14 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 3 Instant, ordering General [undecipherable] account [undecipherable] for the erection of a building & the repair of others on Castle William Island in the Harbor of Boston. they will be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result — Sam^l [undecipherable] W.L. M^r John [undecipherable] Wilmington Delaware November 14 1799 Sir The Secretary of War handed me your letter of the [undecipherable] Instant, requesting to be furnished with forms for settling your accounts — the only form required is to state particularly the nature of your vouchers & then present on an Abstract under [undecipherable] three distinct heads to wit — Rations delivered, Quarter Masters Store, and Hospital [undecipherable] — the vouchers to be numbered & referred to on the Abstract —