[22.] James Steele Esq^r Accountants Office Att^o. Annvilles March 1^st 1800 Dauphin C^o. Sir I have received your letter dated the 19 ulto. with the statement therein enclosed. I have caused every examination to be made here that the Books and documents in my Office could afford — but to no effect as to any payment having been made for the purpose of service of D^r Davidson above alluded. my object in referring the matter to you was to have fully ascertained that the services were legally performed agreeably to former authority and that payment had never been made in your Department — that the original Musters & they were properly [undecipherable] might be furnished to this Office and an examination made here before I [undecipherable] the payment— Sam B^o [initials] James Miller Esq^r March 7 1800 No. for the 2 Dist Sir The Register of the Treasury Department did a certificate that [undecipherable] to be informed the amount expended on the late expedition for [undecipherable] county and the Military Department. To enable me to render such information I have to request you will be pleased to inform what was the amount disbursed in the Quarter Master Department on said Expedition— Sam B^o [initials]