[454] Capt. Sam^l Adkins Fort Jay near New York Accountants Office December 20^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 8^th Instant enclosing a receipt for the hire of a fifer which will be [undecipherable] subject to an examination when you forward your Recruiting account for settlement this I wish may be done as soon as possible in order that I may be enabled formally to close your account on the Books of this Office the balance transferred to the Pay master General for settlement — [undecipherable: J. H.] Mess^rs Donald Esq^r December 20^th 1799 Chamble Count N [undecipherable] Sir You Stand charged on the Books of this Office with the amount of a warrant [undecipherable] the 1^st March last for $42.40 [undecipherable] on account of M^r Frances [undecipherable] for rent for a messenger employed by the United States at [undecipherable: Manaskin?] previous to your being substituted [undecipherable] new charged it is necessary that you transmit to this Office the receipt of M^r [undecipherable] which I request may be done as early as convenient [undecipherable: J. H.] Capt. James Wells December 27^th 1799 Fort Jay near New York Sir I have received your letter dated the 20 Inst enclosing [undecipherable] & receipt of two barrels which I return [undecipherable] you ordered as proper vouchers to be carried and adjusted [undecipherable] by the Pay master General to him you will forward them with all other accounts of disbursements— [undecipherable: J. H.]