[410] Joshua Comp^any Agent of Fortifications New London C^t. Sir Accountants Office November 13 1799 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 &c. Sam B^y W.L. Jon^a Jackson Esq Boston Sir November 14 1799 I have received your letter of the 3 Instant [undecipherable] General Lincolns [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 B^y W.L. M^r John Elliott Wilmington Delaware Sir November 14 1799 The Secretary of War handed me your letter of the 15 Instant, requesting to be furnished with forms for rendering your accounts — The only form required is to state particularly the nature of your vouchers & the amount on an Abstract under these three distinct heads to wit: Rations delivered, Quarter Masters Store, and Hospital Store — The numbers to be numbered & referred to on the Abstract —