on the books of this Office, any separate items being required must be extract therefrom. Be it now appear from the aforegoing statement that the information to be obtained from this office on the subject you have requested, cannot be complete, I cannot give further trouble thereof — James [undecipherable] [Kath: Rogers by?] Accountants Office Portsmouth & H. April 9^th 1800 to the Treasurer of the United States will remit you this Sum of Two Thousands Five hundreds twenty Dollars Eighty [undecipherable] Cents to be paid to [undecipherable] charges [against?] of fortifications at Portsmouth being the balance now due him for expenditures on account of the War Department up to 21 Dec[undecipherable] 1797 for which you will [undecipherable] the necessary receipts — James [undecipherable] [undecipherable: charges to?] April 9^th 1800 Portsmouth & H. to I have received your letter of the 1^st [undecipherable] and in reply have to inform that your accounts [undecipherable] must because the Secretary of War has not yet the [undecipherable] been allowed on your expenditures — [He?] has however [drew?] this object if your letter desired that the [sums?] charged by you should be credited. Your accounts therefore have been adjusted and a balance found due to you of two thousand five hundred twenty dollars & [undecipherable] which will be paid to you by [Kath: Rogers?] [Supervisor Portsmouth] on your granting the necessary [undecipherable] This balance occurs thus in your [undecipherable] thirty nine cents [undecipherable] will be found [as?] more or an error in the calculation of [undecipherable] on your expenditures up to 30 June 1798 — James [undecipherable]