[Page number: 498] Celeboure by^o D^r N^o 6. Accountants Office January 11^th 1800 Sir I hand you herewith a statement of the balance remaining in the hands of Gen^t James Dennis Ely of Gholson's Co^y — on settlement of his account as Pay master for his Certificates — and Ely^s amounting to twenty dollars, for which sum you were held here accountable, & of which he will be informed — Sam R^o W. E. James Miller Esq^r D. D. M. G. January 21^st 1800 Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30 Inst^t with the abstract amount of disbursements by Jn^o Williams & little for Lcut M^cPherson Militia: on looking over your accounts of disbursements in the expedition to Northampton I find considerable number of additional charges for monies paid for articles for the use of the Truc, which you have omitted to enter on the abstract above acknowledged. I have now to request that you will inform me if Lieut M^cPherson has received any public property on that expedition other as forage or other articles not particularly enumerated in your book and to for-bearance an abstract of the same and a full statement of all items of Expenditure on that expedition which relates to this General — Purely, so as to place me in full possession of the amount of monies expended for Surtable articles received by him — Sam R^o W. E.