[488] for the purchase of lands on Potowmac River, you will be pleased to inform me if the law has furnished to you such deeds of conveyance or other documents for lands purchased as will enable him to a credit for the aforesaid sum, or any part thereof; likewise what have been expenditures on account that the necessary entries may be made on the Books of this Office — I am &c. H.L. The Secretary of War                          Accountants Office Sir                                                December 3^d 1799 I have received your letter dated 1^st Instant; To enable me to comply with the 1^st paragraph thereof requiring an exhibit of expenditures made on account of the Armory at Springfield Massachusetts, since its commencement till the month of September last inclusive, It is necessary that I should be informed at what terms the statement is to commence, for expenditures have been made at that Armory for a number of Years past — I am &c. H.L. Capt. Abm. [undecipherable]                                    November 30 1799 Staunton V^a. Sir               I have received your letter dated 23 Instant, returning Receipt Rolls for the Pay of the Detachment of troops under your command for the months of February March April & May 1799 which have undergone examination & found errors, the amount thereon certified being two thousand five hundred fifty [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] will accordingly be placed to the credit of your account on the Books of this Office —