John Selly Es^q for Baltimore P^ro Accountants Office June 3^d 1800 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 Fenner taking his duplicate rect for the James being for his Compensation as Engineer for the months of April & May 1800 — Sam^l R. [W?] M^r John Fenner Baltimore Sir June 3^d 1800 I have received your letter dated the 1 Inst^t, enclosing 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 I found correct, the amount thereby being Two-hundred & eight dollars & 4^m you will receive from John Selly treasurer at Baltimore, for which you will please to grant your duplicate rect — Sam^l R. [W?] M^r Crafts Es^q Charleston S^o C^a June 4^th 1800 Sir The accountant being absent it has become my duty to acknowledge the rect of your letter dated the 12 Ult^o 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 offices & papers move there, when this takes place you will be duly informed — Sam^l R. [W?]