[162] I have observed this Office is not charged with the settlement of such accounts. I therefore return them to you unboxa— James [initials] Jo Dansworth Esq^r. Hartford 6^th For Accountants Office May 21^st 1800 Your letter dated the 20^th [Inst?] accompanied by the accounts & Vouchers therein mentioned were handed to me from this War Office. After examination a balance of five hundred [fifty?] for Dollars & [undecipherable] has been found are you differing from your [form?] one dollar & [undecipherable], the amount of [undecipherable] receipt [vouchers?] & [return?] this the said Sum you will receive from [Sam?] [Meredith?] Treasurer of the United States, who will [remit?] the amount, for which you will give duplicate [receipts?] — one of which to be [forwarded?] to this Office — Before I close this letter I beg leave to call your attention to that part of the articles remaining with you to be [disposed?] for this place, as the amount must remain in your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] until the articles are rec'd; I beg your attention to having it done agreeably to your directions from the War [Department?] as early as convenient. Sam[undecipherable] H[undecipherable] M^r W. [Sewell?] [undecipherable]— May 21 1800 Windsor Vermont — For I received this day yours of the 21 [Inst?] enclosing your account [statement?] for supplies to the troops at [undecipherable] [Vermont?] which you may expect to have examined as soon as the course of business will admit — All your accounts heretofore not more [undecipherable] [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] a balance of [M?] 226 [undecipherable] sent by the Treasurer to the [Supervisor?] [Nath?] [undecipherable] to be by him paid to you, of which you