usual line of allowance and if not in what manner [undecipherable] proceed in making the [undecipherable] whether it be chargeable to the Contractor or Officer [drawing?] the Supplies it may be proper to mention that the [undecipherable] have been [inconveniently?] [called?] for for which [undecipherable] is not [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] of the Regiment to whom only former usage [undecipherable] made [indulgence?] — From [undecipherable] Edward Carrington Esq^r Richmond [V?] Sir [Immediate?] Office March [undecipherable] 1800 The Treasurer of the United States authorizes [undecipherable] you the sum of [undecipherable] dollars [undecipherable] which you will please to pay to Cap^t [Jo?] Brough at Norfolk Virginia taking his duplicate receipts for the [same?] being the balance in fulfilment of his account for [expenses?] of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] of his [Company?] in going from [Baltimore?] to [Virginia?] & attend a [Court?] of [inquiry?] in the [case?] of Major [Durant?] while there for [returning?] [Sam?] M[undecipherable] Cap^t James [Brough?] at Norfolk [V?] March 27^th 1800 Sir [Specially?] in [my?] [letter?] of the [undecipherable] when your [undecipherable] [expenses?] has been delivered to the Secretary [undecipherable] for his [undecipherable] & which has been received with his [undecipherable] [thereto?] in the following words — "For the reasons and circumstances stated by [undecipherable] the travelling [expenses?] aforesaid are to be admitted [undecipherable] [causing?] the [same?] [undecipherable]" Your [undecipherable] has accordingly been [undecipherable] from [1 Aug?] to [28 Oct?] 1799 [undecipherable] [settlement?] [undecipherable] in your [undecipherable] having a balance in your favor of [undecipherable] dollars & [undecipherable] which [sum?] you will receive from Edward [Carrington?]