Sam'l Hodgdon Esq'r Sup^t of Military Stores Accountants Office Sir April 2^d 1800 On settlement of the accounts of Edmund Winchester late contractor of Boston he has been paid at this Office for the following articles, furnished by order of Cap^tr Lemuel Gates for repairing the barracks on Castle William Island - Viz: 1799 Sept 17^th - 1 Hand Saw - $1.84, 6 files assorted - $1.59 .... Doll 3.43 May 6 ... 100 ^wt Swedish Iron ........................... 6.- " " ... 2000 " 10^d nails - 1000. 20 c^t d^o .............. 5.8½ " 10 .. 2016 feet Merchant^d boards - 26.20 - 516 d^o plank - 6.70 .. 32.90 " " ... 2000 - 10^ct nails 3.33⅓ - 1 Box of Glass 7 by 9 - 11 dolls - 14.33⅓ " " ... 1 White wash brush 42 c^t - 6 bus^hs lime 15 doll^s - 15.42. " " ... 2.1.10 cordage & Spunyarn ......................... 37.42 " " ... 2 seven inch double blocks 1 doll^s - 1 do^z Poles .50 6½ 1.50 " " ... 1 bar Steel 2.8½ do^z flat files 2.15 ............ 4.23. " 30^th .. 1 Cross cut Saw 4.50. 1 Iron Square 50 8¾, 3 chisels ¾ ben^h. 5.¾ " " ... 3 Screw augurs 2.50 - 6 files 50 Cents. 2 chalk lines .. 25 8c 3.25. " " ... 10000 feet boards 130 dolls - 2000 hemlock joys^t 20 8½ ..... 150.- " " ... 6000 - 10^d nails 10 dolls - 2000 - 20 g^o d^o 5 dolls - 10000 - 6^d d^o 22.50 amounting to [undecipherable] Dollars .... 302.6½ You will therefore be pleased to make the necessary entries on the Books of the Superintendant of Military Stores — Sam H° W.S. Jon^d Jackson Esq^r April 2^d 1800 Sup^r of Military Stores Sir The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of eighty nine dollars & 44/100, which you will please to pay to Edmund Winchester, late contractor of Boston, upon his granting you the necessary receipts, being a balance due him for materials purchased in April & May 1799 for repairing barracks on Castle William Island, which were rejected on Settlement made the 7^th of August last; they having been purchased without the approbation of the Secretary of War, but now admitted in consequence of orders from Gen^t Hamilton & approved by The Secretary of War — Sam H° W.S. M^r Edmund Winchester Esq^r late Contractor Boston — Accountants Office Sir April 2^d 1800 I have received your letter of the 18 Ult^o inclosing four vouchers for materials purchased in April & May last for repairing the barracks on Castle William Island (which were rejected on Settlement made the 7^th Aug^t on account of their being purchased without the approbation of The Secretary of War, but now admitted in consequence of orders from Gen^t Hamilton and sanctioned by the Secretary of War,) amounting to three hundred & thirty two dollars & 6½/100, which leaves a balance in your favor of Eighty nine dollars & 44/100, which sum you will receive from Jon^d Jackson Supervisor of Mass^o upon granting him the necessary receipts — Sam H° W.S. The Sec^y of War April the 3^d 1800 Sir The object of my letter to The Secretary of War, dated the 1 Inst^o on the subject of the compensation of Clerks in my Office I intended should convey the idea, that as the Salaries of those in his Office has been encreased, that the Clerks in my Office expected a like indulgence; and that I considered it my