[161] Arch. Craig Esq^r Dy Men Dep^t New York B.S. Accountant Office December 27. 1799 Sir Replying to my letter of the 24 Inst I have to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 16 - and your accounts & part of your vouchers for November last, which will be placed under examination - to send as the receipts of [undecipherable] Bills have been rec^d from Major [undecipherable] to whom you say they have forwarded for delivery after he has received his [undecipherable] thanks as Treasurer - Sam^l H: [B.S.] Lieut Col^o McCarthy 1^st Reg^t Richmond Va December 23^rd 1799 Sir On the 28 Oct last I wrote to [undecipherable] & transcript of your [undecipherable] requesting to be informed the names of [those] Officers of his Company who have drawn rations from the [undecipherable] at [?] [undecipherable] River [undecipherable] without their names being entered in the [undecipherable] returns, and as I have not yet received a reply, I should pray the annexed copy of my [undecipherable] letter & request you will be pleased to cause the information required to be furnished as early as [undecipherable] - Sam^l H: W.S. Joshua Greer Esq^r [undecipherable] December 28 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 19 Instant the contents thereof having been communicated to the Secretary [undecipherable] he has [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for eight hundred to [undecipherable] dollars, on account of the fortifications at [undecipherable], which sum will be transmitted to you by the Treasurer of the United States to whom you will give the necessary [undecipherable] holding yourself accountable [undecipherable]