Lieu^t Nath^l Leonard May 5^th 1800 Portland Me. Sir Ebenezar Stevens Esq^r Agent for the War Department at New York, has rec^d a bredet for two thousand forty five dol & 25/100, being the amount paid by him to you for the following purposes, Viz:- For the pay of yourself & Detachments for April May & June 1799 $[undecipherable] For the difference of Pay between artificers & Privates due to [sundry] artificers of your detachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [undecipherable] and with which you stand charged on the Books of this Office, I inform you at the same time that s^d. Stevens, has lodged in this Office two Receipt roles which were transmitted to him by you in part of the latter sum due to the artificers of your Detachment & request that the Receipt rolls for the whole amount paid to you, may be transmitted to this Office without delay, to exonerate you from the amount standing to your debet — Sam H^e.