on the books of this Office, any separate items being required must be abstract their from. As it now appears from the aforegoing statement that the information to be obtained from this Office on the subject you have requested cannot be compleate, I must beg your further trouble therein — [signature] Nath^l Rogers [undecipherable: Esq?] Accountants Office Portsmouth N.H. April 9^th 1800 Sir The [undecipherable: Treasurer?] of the United States will remit you this Sum of Two thousands five hundreds twenty Dollars eighty one Cents to be paid to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Agent of fortifications at Portsmouth being the balance now due him for expenditures on account of the War [undecipherable: apportionments?] up to 31 Dec^r [undecipherable: 1799?] for which you will take the ordinary receipts — [signature] [undecipherable] April 9^th 1800 Portsmouth N.H. Sir I have received your letter of the 1^st [undecipherable] and in reply have to inform you that your accounts [undecipherable] [undecipherable] because the Secretary of War has not [undecipherable] the Commissioner [undecipherable] to be allowed on your expenditures — [undecipherable] has however since the receipt of your letter decided that the [undecipherable] charged by you should be admitted. Your accounts therefore have been adjusted and a balance found [undecipherable] to you of Two thousand five hundred twenty dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which will be paid to you by Nath^l Rogers [undecipherable] Portsmouth on your providing him the ordinary on this — This balance [undecipherable] that in your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will be found on an error in the calculation of [undecipherable] on your expenditures up to 30 June 1798 — [signature]