[Called dran by [undecipherable]] [P. No. 9] Accountants Office February 10^th 1800 Sir I hand you inclosed a Statement of monies [undecipherable] to the debit of M^r John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in this Office p. 246 amounting to [undecipherable] dollars & [undecipherable] which sum you will be pleased to deduct from his pay accordingly — Sam^l [undecipherable] The Secretary of War February 14^th 1800 Sir Agreeably to the request contained in your note dated Yesterday I inclose a Statement of [the] account of Samuel Lewis as it appears from the vouchers & accounts on file in this Office accompanied by an abstract of the monies as received for transmitting to sundry persons in which no receipts have been [undecipherable] for which there appears a balance due the United States of Dols [undecipherable] Sam^l [undecipherable] Col^r Carrington E^sq February 14^th 1800 Richmond V^a Sir I received by yesterdays mail yours of the 11^th [undecipherable] enclosing the acct. of the deceased William Nicholson [for] supplies to the Troops at Petersburg on October [undecipherable] & Dec^r 1779. the balance amounting & his Statement to from which [undecipherable] amount of M^r [undecipherable] & being money paid to Capt [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in lieu of [undecipherable] Heads of Monies for Oct [undecipherable] & Dec 1779 [undecipherable] equally to a decision of [the] [undecipherable] of this [undecipherable] which you must have heretofore [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Contra Charges at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1 20]