[Docket: Extract relating to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / Command at / The pay of War [undecipherable] / the accounts to be dis[undecipherable] / from Major [undecipherable]] [Remainder of docket page largely undecipherable] Extract of a letter from Major General Hamilton to the Secretary of War dated New York March 21^st. 1800 " I am induced to consider the charge of Major Buell for double Rations as irregular since Fort Lermouth is part of the fortifications of Detroit and cannot be called a distinct post. This case is totally different from that of Officers commanding districts which contain a number of independent fortresses. Colonel Strong appears to me to be the person entitled in the present instance to the benefit of double Rations. It will therefore in my opinion be proper that Major Buell should [undecipherable] what he may have received. The charge can be made against his future pay." — A true extract N. Jones Clk. W. Office Gen Hamilton appears to have formed a correct Opinion about the being — thinks may be safely received. James McHenry