[278] Ebenezer Stevens Esq ( Accountants Office New York Feb 17 1800 Sir I have rec'd your letter of the 3 inst covering a [undecipherable] of two merchants relative to the [salary?] usually given to [clerks?] of [merchants?] in your city, which being satisfactory the charges already [undecipherable] by you for [blank] here will appear at your credit on next [settlement?]. I observe that the absence of Gen^l Hamilton prevents your furnishing the information [required?] by my letter of the 29 [ulti?] respecting the clothing lately [ordered?] for the artillery troops from [New?] York, but which you [promise?] on his return to your city. In the mean time I shall call your attention to the subject of the [Overalls?] [supplied?] by one [undecipherable] [Miller?] & his company both [sides?] the objections to the [balance?] of your accounts for the same still existing; I must urge the propriety of having them removed without further delay. James [McH?] [undecipherable] John Boorman Esq February 17 1800 [Alderman?] [Counsel?] Sir I [assure?] you John & James Boorman's accounts for materials, & labor [furnished?] for the repairs of Fort [Hamilton?] I expect that your [attention?] may be [sufficient?] [citing?] facts that the account is just [shown?] that the articles charged as [furnished?] by them are rated at no higher than the current prices, [rather?] they now [advance?] for the [undecipherable]; just account is always [required?] when articles are [furnished?] by agents out of their own [stores?] for [public?] and [undecipherable] will be [adjusted?] [other?] [balance?] [funds?] are to [grant?] them [compensation?]