John Woodward Esq.^r Accountants Office Ag.^t of Fort.^s N. London March 17^th 1800 Connecticut Sir Your accounts & Vouchers for expenditures on acc.^t of the fortifications at New London, between the date of your appointment and 31 January 1800; have been examined & a balance found due by you to the United States thereon, of one hundred seventy nine Doll.^s & 9/100 with which you stand charged on the Books of this Office differing from your Statement $598.49 which will be explained on reference to the enclosed Acc.^t of differences, to which is annexed remarks on your Vouchers by which you will observe that several bills have been forwarded without receipts, several Sums paid to persons making their marks & not attested by a Witness & that other charges are made without any Voucher at all, all which is extremely irregular, and altho' admitted in the present Instance in consequence of your Oath annexed to your account, it will be required in future, that your accounts & vouchers be exhibited free from like defects — Sam &c W.S. P.S. In future let all your vouchers be folded to one size and numbered from N.^o 1. in progression, affixing corresponding numbers to the items in your account of particulars — Statement of differences on Settlement of the Acc.^ts of John Woodward, Ag.^t of Fortifications at New London Connecticut: D^r To this sum being for his compensation for attendance at Fort Trumbull & for his commission on the amount of his expenditures suspended, untill the Secretary of War decides what compensation is to be allowed to him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars 598.27. To an error in the calculation of 5252^th of Iron work purchases of Elisha Brichard . . . . . . $ .17 To d^o d^o . . . . . . . . . . . . . d^o of 34½ days work done by Zilemus Williams . . . . . . $— n. 22. C^r By balance due him of his Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598.49 418.03 Leaves a balance due the United States of . . . . Dollars 179.96 Remarks on the Vouchers to the account of John Woodward Paid to Edw.^d Hallam &c: $23.— not receipted for     " Nath.^l Hewit . . . . . . . . 62.30 — d^o d^o —}     " Cha.^s Kimbell . . . . . . 42.8. — d^o            } . . . . . . . . 117.71     " Edw.^d Hallam &c. 13.33 . . . . d^o        } Paid to Jn.^o Richards who makes a + no Witness . . . $5.—     " Philip Delever . . . d^o . . . . + d^o . . . 11.—     " Nath.^l Thorp . . . d^o . . . . + d^o . . . 27.50     " Philip Delever . . . d^o . . . + d^o . . . . 70.50     " Adam Fuls . . . d^o . . . + d^o . . . . 50.—     " Amos Thorp . . . d^o . . . + d^o . . . . 163.80     " Adam Ful . . . d^o . . . + d^o . . . . 1.— 328.80 The following items in the account of John & Amos Woodward    446.51 are unsupported by any vouchers whatever Viz: N^o Oct.^t 30  Dav.^d Goodfaith for 4 days Labor . . . . . . at 6/4n              Nath.^l Bailey . . . . . . . . 9 d^o . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7.—              Jam.^s Minor . . . . 4¼ d^o . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.25.         " Ditto . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . blowing locks . . . . at 7/ — 2.33. 31          John McConvell . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/ 3.—              Mich.^l Magee . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.—              John Richards . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.—              Stephen Richards . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.— Nov.^r 3  John Johnson . . . . . . . . 2 with Team . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/ 4.— 10          W^m Potter . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/ 4.—              Tho.^s Shaw . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 1.— 16          John Smith . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 2.—              Stephen Baker . . . . . . . . 11¾ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n 11.88.              Robert Gayhey . . . . . . . . 17 . . . . . . . at Stone work . . . 9/ 25.50 Dec.^r 6  Nathan Bailey . . . . . . . 4 n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/ 4.—              John Johnson . . . .— 11 — with a team . . . . 12/ 22.—              Amos Crocker . . . . . . . 7½ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/ 7.50.              James Holt . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n 19.—              William Potter . . . . . . . 7 n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n 7.—              David Goodfaith . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.— 138.46                                                          Dollars 584.97 The above amount of Five hundred eighty four dollars (and ninety seven Cents has been admitted to the credit of John Woodward — In consequence of his Oaths, annexed to the acc.^t of John & Amos Woodw[ard] Department of War Accountants Office March 17^th 1800 W.S.