[130] Capt States Morris Accountant's Office Fort M'Henry near May 5^th 1800 Baltimore Sir You will receive from John Kelly Esq /per at Baltimore, the sum of thirty ten dollars which you will please to pay to M^r Philip Armstrong taking his duplicate receipt for the same being for 3 months rent of a room occupied by [undecipherable] House, from 10 Dec^r 1799 to 10 March 1800 — for which sum you will please to grant your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the payment thereof to M^r Schweitzer — Sam H [undecipherable] Dp S. Caleb Swan Esq. May 7^th 1800 P. M. B Sir Yours reporting the balance due the United States by L^t Ford L^t [undecipherable] on Station of 18 December 1799, has been received. Advise in this Office for sundry payments made by him, leaving a balance now Standing to his debt of two hundred Seventy dollars & 70/c, which you will please to deduct from his pay accordingly — Sam H [undecipherable] Mr Preston . . . May 7^th 1800 late as Dep^t in the 2^d R[egiment?] [undecipherable] house since [undecipherable] Sir— On reference to your acct. Bk (a copy which I transmitted to you in my letter of [undecipherable], I find the following sums advanced to you by Caleb Swan Esq. Pay General, on account of the Recruiting Service, have been credited — 1798 March 25 am^t April 28, 301 ————————— $00— 1798 Febr^y 10 — [undecipherable] — $22— [undecipherable] 1800