Griffin S M'Ree Esq
Wilmington N.C.                                Accountants Office
                                                                                 April 10^th 1800 Sir Robert Hall Contractor in North Carolina during the last year having received considerable sums of money and never rendered any accounts for the disbursement thereof, I have to request that you will on [undecipherable] for and immediate settlement by requiring his account to you to be forwarded to this Office for final examination — It may be proper to mention that in addition to the monies advanced to him by you his draft for one thousand Dollars on the Secretary of War has been paid a few days since. The length of time since M'[undecipherable] has come into Contract, the magnitude of the charges against him and he having never rendered any accounts makes this the more urgent for and immediate transmission of his accounts. Sam^l W[undecipherable] --- [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] Esq
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Mo.                                                              April 10^th 1800 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of ninety two dollars & [undecipherable] which you will please to pay to Robert [undecipherable] at Fort [undecipherable] taking his [undecipherable] receipt for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to reimburse. Also the sum paid by him for the [undecipherable] & expenses incurred in procuring & apprehending sundry deserters from the Garrison at Fort [undecipherable]. Sam W[undecipherable]