[125] I inform you at the same time that M^r. Sterris has lodged in this Office two freight bills which were transmitted to him by you as part of the letter [undecipherable] to the officers of your Detachment & request that the Reciept bills for the whole amounts paid to you, may be transmitted to this Office without delay, to exonerate you from the amount standing to your debit — Sam H. [signature] The Secretary of War Accountants Office Sir May 2^d 1800 My letter to the Secretary of War, under date of the 21 March last requested information relative to the advances made to M^r Brown, 2^d lieutenant in the 11 Reg^t of [undecipherable] & appointed Secretary to major [undecipherable] Hamilton. As the subject is connected with the accounts of [undecipherable] Brown by [Pay] master General, I have to repeat my request for an early decision — Sam H. [signature] Edward Carrington Esq^r May 5 1800 Richmond Virg^a Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of two hundred twenty seven dollars & [undecipherable], being a balance due to M^r [undecipherable] of Richmond Virg^a for his supplies of Rations, Quarter Master & Hospital Stores, to the troops at that place, between the 1 Nov^r & 31 Dec^r 1799, which sum you will please to pay to the s^d M^r [undecipherable] upon his granting the necessary receipts. Sam H. [signature]