[169] John Sitty Esq^r Accountants Office for Baltimore June 3^d 1800 Pro The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of two hundreds & eight dollars 4/100 — which you will please pay to John Fenton taking his duplicate rece^t for the [same?] being for his compensation as Engineer for the months of April & May 1800 — Sam^l [undecipherable] M^r John Fenton June 3^d 1800 Baltimore Sir I have received your letter dated the 1 Inst^t inclosing your account for compensation as Engineer appointed for the purpose of constructing fortifications for the security of the Town & Harbor of Baltimore for April & May 1800 which are undergoing examination found correct, the amount thereby being Two hundred & eight dollars & [undecipherable] you will receive from John Sitty Supervisor at Baltimore for which you will please to grant your duplicate rec^t — Sam^l [undecipherable] M^r Crafts Esq^r June 4 1800 Charleston S. C. Sir The accountant being absent it has become my duty to acknowledge the rec^t of your letter dated the 13th with the accounts accompanying it. Being on the eve of removal to the City of Washington your accounts will not be taken up before the official Books & papers move there, when this takes place you will be duly informed — Sam^l [undecipherable]