cess where any evasion of duties take place in any of the offices that they should meet a like discommance. In this situation I put myself, rather upon to state that of a fourth part of the office included in the estimate to [undecipherable] he only taken it will not be sufficient to place them on an equal footing with the like peace allowance much less for any increase, and therefore request the Secretary of War, to determine what further fund may be allotted, and that is not to be placed to have the appropriations which are now before Congress estimated accordingly. — [signature] John Hiltz Esq.^r Accountants Office Dep.^t of Baltimore April 9.^th 1800 Sir, The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred & four dollars & [undecipherable], which you will please to pay to M.^r John [Foncin?], Engineer at fort McHenry, being for his [undecipherable] for the month of March, also as Engineer [undecipherable] to construct fortifications for the defence of the Town & harbor of Baltimore, for which you will take the necessary receipts — [signature] M.^r John Foncin April 6.^th [undecipherable] Engineer Fort McHenry Sir, I have received your letter of the 14 ult. accompanied by your account for [undecipherable] as Engineer for the month of [undecipherable], which, being found correct, the sum of one hundred & four dollars seventy three cents, have this amount thereof, will be paid [undecipherable] by John [Kitty?] Esq. Supervisor at Baltimore, to whom you will [grant?] the necessary receipts for the same. — [signature]