M^r Bezalel Holmes Middletown Con^t Sir I wrote you on the 11 September, to explain some unauthorised charges exhibited in your accounts, to which you have not thought fit to reply. I have therefore made a partial settlement admitting the objectionable charges for causes mentioned on the annexed statement amounting to Eighty three Dollars & 7/100 leaving a balance of 381 8. in your favor to be set against the sum of 200 dollars advanced you on account, of course you still owe the United States the sum of Thirty eight dollars 92/100 for which you are held accountable on the books of this Office. The rejected vouchers are now enclosed to you. Sam G^o [initials: H.S.] For the Sec^y of War November 25^th 1799 Sir I hand you herewith the accounts M^r 482 for the relief &c^d of myself Clerks, Messenger employed at my Office, in consequence of the removal to Trenton during the Present Year, accompanied by abstract statement amounting to Two thousand fifty nine Dollars & twenty five Cents — Sam G^o [initials: H.S.]