[155] Cap^t Staats Morris Fort M^c Henry, Baltimore — Commissary Office May 23^d 1800 Sir I have received your letter dated the 15^th Inst^t returning the account of [undecipherable] & Brown Printers. The amount being thirty seven Dollars is this day remitted to John Hilty, [undecipherable] Baltimore, who [undecipherable] will pay it on application to him by M^rs [undecipherable] & Brown, & giving the necessary receipts Sam^l D [undecipherable] David Henley Esq^r A D D [undecipherable] Knoxville Tennessee May 23^d 1800 Sir — I have received your letter dated the 7^th [undecipherable] and the body of your waste book accompanying the [same?] which will be filed with those heretofore [forwarded?] — Your letter dated the 30^th Ult^o with its enclosures [means?] to have been [sent?], but having heard nothing on the subject from the Sec^y of War I have suspended the sending M^r Hill's letter Sam^l D [undecipherable] M^r Lewis [undecipherable] Philad^a May 24^th 1800 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 anxious to close as many accounts as possible I have to request you will immediately account for and [shew?] by producing your account supported by proper vouchers, or [undecipherable] this