[410] Joshua Comp[undecipherable] Agent of Fortifications New [undecipherable] Mass[undecipherable] 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 Marblehead, for which sum you will please to transmit your duplicate receipt acknowledging yourself accountable for — Sam[undecipherable] W.L. [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] Esq Boston November 14 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 3 Instant, [undecipherable] General [undecipherable] account [undecipherable] for the erection of a [undecipherable] 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[undecipherable] W.L. M^r John [undecipherable] Wilmington Delaware November [undecipherable] 1799 Sir The Secretary of War handed me your letter of the [undecipherable] Instant, requesting to be furnished with forms for [undecipherable] your accounts — The only form required is to state particularly the nature of your vouchers & their amount on an Abstract under [three?] distinct heads to wit: [Rations?] [delivered?], [Quarter?] Master Store, and [Hospital?] Store — the vouchers to be numbered & referred to on the Abstract