[29] Accountants Office March 16 1800 The [undecipherable] Esq. Accountant Navy Dep^t. Sir In reply to your letter of this date I have to enclose the Regulations respecting extra allowances to Officers which govern in the settlement of accounts of that nature in this Office Sam H[undecipherable] W.S. Sam Hodgdon Esq. March 6^th 1800 Super^t of M^il. Stores Sir On settlement of D. Snowden's account this day he has been allowed for articles furnished the different Garrisons on Charleston harbor between 1 July & 31 Oct 1799 as p the annexed abstract — To Fort Pinckney commanded by L^t Dyson ... Dol 88.13 To Fort Moultrie d^o — L^t. [undecipherable] ... 179.75 To Fort Johnson d^o — Capt. Patterson ... 188.[undecipherable] amounting to Dollars 449.[undecipherable] You will therefore please make the necessary entries on the books of the Superintendent of Military Stores — Sam H[undecipherable] W.S. [undecipherable] Augustin R. March 14^th 1800 Boston Sir On examining your vouchers for [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the books or memorandums of which than [undecipherable] generally [undecipherable] different amounts originally [undecipherable] not been able to have your accounts settled [undecipherable] it is therefore necessary for the following objections to be removed before any further investigation can take place — 1^st you must obtain the order of the Officers...