[131] which amount added to the balance due by you of [undecipherable] dollars and the accruel interest accumulated makes [undecipherable] now standing to your debt of two thousand two hundred & thirty five dollars & You probably you will please to pay to the Treasurer of the United States in order finally to close your acct on the Books of this Office — Sam H. [undecipherable] Capt J.S. Claiborne, 1^st U.S. Inf. Accountants Office May 8^th 1800 Sir In consequence of your application to me in relation to the Public monies retained by you, from this Office I now with satisfaction states that the vouchers you have presented & the accounts enclosed have been found on examination perfectly correct, as well for your Recruiting account, as for this services account and funds for the pay of your Company. They have accordingly been entered to your credit and your accounts satisfactorily closed on the Books of this Office — Sam H. N.S. Major Mahlon Ford, Pay M G to Fort Naples May 7^th 1800 Sir I received this day yours of the 27 Ult, and agreeably to your request I now enclose you the certified copies of [undecipherable] J.S. Blackbourne division returns I have only given you those admitted in the last settlement of the [undecipherable] accounts [undecipherable] them sufficient to establish the monies of this which I also enclose you a certified extract from the Books of this Office shewing the monies remaining in his hands unaccounted for — Sam H. N.S.