[Col^o W. North Accountants Office] City Point near Richmond Feb^y 24^th 1800 Sir I duly received your letter dated 9^th July last but it being about the time we were thinking of removing the Office it was filed with other papers, and having had reference to during our stay from the City, which will account to you for my not replying to it before. I therefore embrace the present opportunity of replying to that and acknowledging the receipt of your of the W^t Assistant, or the out of Pocket absolutely Sailors to your for payment relying on your Statement of your situation those two amounts from will accordingly [undecipherable] assured those chargeable as be remakes in your out of the Monies received — I am confident that no exertions on your part will be wanting to settle the accounts of your agency and I accordingly request that when they shall be so far completed as to give me a view of the neat settled with the Monies you have received, that a Statement may be forwarded and directions meet begun to you for refunding the amounts. W L [Cap^t Lewis Edsins Governor's Islands Feb^y 24. 1800 Near New York] Sir The Secretary of War has handed me an Extract of a letter from Gen^l Munseller on the Subject of your claims for Adams hire and requested it be informed if the objections to a Settlement that he may remove them. I accordingly request that you will have the Documents of their Office that I may take the necessary Steps on the occasion. W L