Accountants Office January 2^d 1799 — I Certify that there is due to Samuel [undecipherable: probable reading "Bird"] the sum of Sixty two dollars & 83/100 being for postage of letters addressed to and from Caleb Swan Pay master General on Public Business between 18 Nov.^t & 31 December 1799 admitted in conformity to a Letter from the Secretary of War at the 8 Nov.^t 1799 — Doll^rs 62.83. The Sec.^y of War January 2^d 1799— I Certify that there is due to John Nicholson Sen.^r under an appointment made by the Secretary of War the sum of Two hundred & ten dollars being for his Services Inspecting & proving Sundry Public military Stores from 1 October to the 31 December 1799 — Dollars 210.— The Secretary of War — January 26 1799— I Certify that there is due to Samuel Hodgdon Superintendant of military Stores the sum of One thousand three hundred Dollars being for his own salary that of M^r Harris Store keeper & the Clerks employed in their Offices from 1 October to 31 Dec.^t 1799 — D^rs 1300 —