Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Super^dt of M.S. Accountants Office May the 27^th 180[0] Sir On settlement of the acco^t of Con^l Williams, as provisional Surveyor, he has acc^d w^t credit on the Books of this Office, for the amount of expenditures made by him for the purcha[se] of articles in the Surveyors branch, during the period which he acted in that capacity; of which the major part appears to have been delivered to John Harris, Military Store keeper; the residue to have been deposited in the War Office; an explanatory Abstract of which, I herewith transmit you, in order that the necessary entries may be made on the Books of the Superintendant of Military Stores — Sam &c W.S. --- L^t Coll^t Henry Gaither May 27^th 1800 Fort Wilkinson Georgia Sir I have rec^d your letter dated the 1^st [Inst.] In reply to which I have to inform you that no accounts of M^r Devereux have ever been rendered to this Office for Settlement — Sam &c W.S. --- Jon^t Dayton Esq^r May 28^th 1800 Elizabethtown N.J. Sir I duly rec^d your's of the 22^d & 27^th Inst^t. I have noted their contents — in reply have to observe that the letter from Cap^tn Williamson has been received & your brother's accounts are now under examination for a final Settlement, the result of which you will be immediately informed — The accounts of William Dayton as Pay ma[ster] to the Jersey line & of your brother's E. Dayton as Contractor for April 1800 are received &c — I have not yet received orders for the removal of my Office but expect to in the course of this, or the beginning of next week — Sam &c W.S. --- John Kitty Esquire Accountants Office Baltimore May 28^th 1800 Sir I received enclosed in your letter of the 26^th Inst^t Yundt & Brown's receipt for Thirty seven dollars, which will be entered on the Books of this Office — Sam &c W.S. --- Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r Accountants Office A. W. D. New York May 28^th 1800 Sir I have rec^d your letter dated the 26 Inst^t with the Stationary account therein inclosed. It will be noticed as altered on the next Settlement of your account — Sam &c W.S. --- Caleb Swan Esq^r May 28^th 1800 P.M.G. Sir I have before me your letter of this date, with its enclosures, relative to a claim of L^t McComb, of the Cavalry for Services performed by him, in the Office of the Adjutant General. As this claim is of a like nature with others I have already decided upon; and the governing principles the same; I inclose you a copy of my letter to Cap^tn Abra^m R Ellery in which I have stated the reasons for disallowing the claims preferred by him; and which will govern in the case in question