Accountants Office February 21^st 1800 — I Certify that there is due to Samuel Hodgdon superintendant of military Stores the sum of Five thousand five hundred twenty one dollars made for articles bong, or sundry disbursements by him during the two last quarters of the Year 1799 short of the first quarter of the present year, remaining to the pay of sundry persons employed on the military Store Establishment stationary wood & other incidental contingent expences also &c and of stores repaired received for public Service &— W. S. Dect. 1824-95 On an investigation of the particular items of expenditures and comparing them with the sums appropriated for them purposes I perceive that there is no cause beyond the sums appropriated, but it being stated by Mr. Hodgdon, that they were necessary for the public Service they are admitted subject to the decision of the Auditing officer to what appropriations such cause is to be charged — W. S. March 1^st 1800 — I Certify that there is due to the [undecipherable] Commissioner of the two or [undecipherable] currencies at Niagara Niagara the sum of [undecipherable] thousand five hundred seventy one dollars & [undecipherable] being a balance for rations quarter master & Proviant stores commend the amount of stores received at Niagara from June [undecipherable] 1799 to the [undecipherable] returns at [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] 1799 whose sum is to on recommend to this [undecipherable] reg[undecipherable] & take by my [undecipherable] appropriations of this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — W. S.