[Called drawn by] [P·M·G·] Accountants Office February 14^th 1800 Sir I hand you inclosed a Statement of monies [undecipherable] to the debt of M^r John & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] matter in the 1 Reg^t of [undecipherable] amounting to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] for which sum you will be pleased to deduct from his pay accordingly — Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Secretary of War February 14 1800 Sir I [undecipherable] to the request contained in your note dated Yesterday I inclos[e] a Statement of the account of [undecipherable] as it appears from the vouchers & accounts on file in this Office accompanied by an Abstract of the monies [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] to sundry persons in which no receipts have been [undecipherable] by which there appears a balance due the United States of D[undecipherable] Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Canauel [undecipherable] Carrington [undecipherable] February 14 1800 Richmond V^a Sir I received by yesterdays mail yours of the 11^th [undecipherable] inclosing the acct of the deceased William Nicholson [undecipherable] supplies to the Troops at Petersburg on October [undecipherable] 1799 the balance amounting & his statement to — [undecipherable: probable reading "Dollars 150. 66"] from which has been [undecipherable] amount of [undecipherable] having money paid to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in lieu of [undecipherable] of March for Oct^r Nov^r 1799 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at $ [undecipherable] [undecipherable: probable reading "1.20"]