[155] Cap^t [undecipherable: probable reading "Hoats"] Morris Fort M^c Henry, Baltimore, Commissary Office May 23^d 1800 Sir, I have received your letter dated the 15^th Inst' returning the account of Bunde & Brown Printers. The amount being thirty seven Dollars is this day remitted to John [undecipherable: probable reading "Hilly"], paymaster Baltimore, who [undecipherable] will be paid on application to him by M^rs Bunde & Brown & giving the necessary receipts. Sam D^r [undecipherable] David Henley Esq^r *May 23^d 1800 A.D.D. Knoxville Tennessee Sir — I have received your letter dated the 7^th [undecipherable] and the body of your waste book accompanying the [undecipherable], which will be filed with their heretofore [undecipherable]. Your letter dates the 10 Ulto with its [undecipherable] to have been lost, but having heard nothing on the subject from the Sec^y of War I have suspended the sending M^r Hills letter Sam [undecipherable] Mess^rs Lewis & [undecipherable: probable reading "Litter"] May 26^th 1800 Philad. Sir, You Stand charged on the Books of this Office with Eleven thousand Dollars advanced to you in April May & June 1799 on account of the manufacture & delivery of Iron Cannon for the United States. Being [undecipherable] to close as many accounts as possible I have to request you will immediately account for said Sum by producing your account supported by proper vouchers, or should this [undecipherable]