[126.] M^r Elijah Heren Sen^r Contractor, Heron &c^a Hartford Connect^t [undecipherable] Comissary's Office May 12^th 1800 Gentlemen Your accounts for Supplies to the Troops of the United States in Connecticut on Jan^y Feb^y &March 1800, amounting of your statement to fifteen hundred & seventy three dollars & 1/100, have been duly examined, and the sum of four hundreds & thirteen dollars & 80, deducted therefrom, for various rations in the relative acct. of difference, which deduction leaves the sum of one thousand a[hundred] [undecipherable] nine dollars & 1/100, passed to your credit — consequently a balance remains in favour of the United States of two hundreds & ninety one dollars & 1/100, for which from you will be held accountable — Sam^l A. W[undecipherable] Journal of differences made from Elijah & Simon Heron's account for January, February &March 1800 — Voucher N^o 1 — 1391 Rations @ 4 ½ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D^rs 62 65 four pints cider Spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 hire of a horse, making abstracts @ 2. 8 — Commit^t at 22. 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 2/[undecipherable] . . . . . 2.15 The above vouches is deducted untill the Debtor renders a particular acct. shewing to whom the rations were given, & the time drawn for by each soldier & certifies that they have never drawn for any on another account — Voucher N^o 17. 1371 Rations @ 10 Cents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421.[undecipherable] deducted until a more particular manner is shewn by Deput Young, of the application of the rations by fixing the number of men, & the time each drew for — Voucher N^o [undecipherable] — 30 Rations @ 10 Ct^s for a drawing from 1^st Jan^y to 31 March 1800 — deducted because the same man drew upon Hunt^s allotm,