Accountants Office February 3^d 1800 The Hon^ble Rich^d D Spaight Sir Herewith you will be pleased to receive an extract of a letter taken from the books of my Office for which it will be necessary that the proper vouchers be forwarded to enable me to enter this amount to the debit of the proper account and to the credit of yours. To which I beg your attention — Sam B. Oct^br 5^th 1799 Rich^d D^o Spaight D^r for 1000 dollars advance for the am^t of purchase money for Sawed Island in N.C. purchase from John [undecipherable] &[undecipherable] Gen^l Jackson Esq^r Dep^t Detroit — Sir I have received your letter of the 24^th Ult^o covering your acc^t of expenditures on account of the fortifications erecting for the defence of the Town [undecipherable] of Detroit in 1799 amounting to Four hundred ninety Five dollars & [undecipherable], which being found free of error, the said sum will be transmitted to you by the Treasurer of the United States together with the sum of One thousand one hundred thirteen dollars & [undecipherable], being to refund you what sums paid to Maj^r Gen^l [undecipherable] for am^t of his account of [undecipherable] for repairs made to the Barracks there sitting accountable at both Islands in the Harbor of Detroit for both which sums you will please to grant the necessary recipts — Sam B.