Jn^o S. Huntingdon Esq^r Accountants Office Collector at London[?] May 17 1800 Sir I transmit your Letter dated 10 [inst?] enclosing [Philip?] Stanford's receipt for two hundred & twenty five Dollars & [undecipherable] which will be entered on the Books of this Office [as?] Sam^t [undecipherable] M^r Stoc[undecipherable] Thomson May 17 1800 Trenton N Jersey Sir You stand charged on the Books of this Office with three hundred & seventy five Dollars, & [undecipherable] account and & for the expenditures no account has been rendered. Should any part of this sum have been disbursed, I have to request you will be pleased to forward immediately your acc^t, accompanied by [undecipherable] involved & the balance, if any remains, you are to adjourn to the Treasury of the United States, in order that your acc^t may be closed on the Books of this Office, the expiration of hearing shortly from you on the subject [undecipherable] The Secretary of War May 11 1800 Sir My letter under date of the 19^th [March?] last requested of the Secretary of War information on the subject of broad rations charged in the account of Brig^d Gen^l [undecipherable] to which I have received no reply. The bearer is therefore to request that the Secretary of War will furnish me with a [undecipherable] of the case, to enable me to [proceed?] with the consideration of that part of the [undecipherable] General's accounts [undecipherable]