note you accountable for the number of rations which you may have consumed at the barracks from thence— [undecipherable signature] Griffith S. M^cRee Esq. Wilmington N.C. [No?] Accountant's Office March 7^th 180[0] Sir The Secretary [undecipherable] has [given?] all his [order?] on [your?] favor for two thousand five hundred dollars on account of the [Transportation?] on Cap^t [Teer?], which have you order [on?] the Treasurer of the United States on [presenting?] the [auditing?] receipts making yourself accountable— [undecipherable signature] Caleb [Irvine?] Esq. [Philadelphia?] March 7^th 18[0]0 Sir You are hereby [directed?] to [hold?] [undecipherable] of it [at?] [undecipherable] accountable for the [sum?] of [fifty?] two [Dollars?] [undecipherable] being the last of [322?] rations [issued?] by him for the months of September & October 1799 as [commandant?] [charges?] his [subsistence?] as major to which he is not entitled— [undecipherable signature] The Secretary of War Sir March 6, 1800 John [Woodruff?] [Esq?] Agent of [Fortification?] for the defense of the [Forts?] and [Harbour?] of New London having [settled?] his accounts in this office for [settlement?] on which he [charges?] two dollars a day for superintending the [affairs?] of [Fort?] [Trumbull?] whose [undecipherable] of [administration?], is the amount of his disbursements. The Secretary of War would therefore be pleased to devise what [compensation?] is to be allowed [undecipherable] for his [good?] service— [undecipherable signature]