[170] M^r David Jones                                      Accountants Office Springfield M^s                                            June 2^d 1800 Sir The accountant of the War Department being absent, I have just to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24^th Ulit^o and to inform you that the Papers of the office being all [undecipherable] up [ready?] for removal to the City of Washington, the information you require cannot be [given?] until their arrival there — Sam^l S [undecipherable] Sam^l Hodgdon Es^q                                      June 7^th 1800— Dep^t Q^r of M^r S Sir The accountant of the War Department being absent, it has become my duty to inform you that on [undecipherable] of the account of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable], the sum of Dolls 243.[undecipherable] has been paid them, being the amount of the principal money of a firm of [Count?] Kannon, & which appears by a letter from Maj^r [Theodore?] [undecipherable] Commandant at West [undecipherable] to have been [recd?] by him at the said Post & remain here at this time? Now are requested to make the [necessary?] entries on the books of your office— Sam^l S [undecipherable] Edward Carrington Es^q                                      City of Washington June 26 1800 Supervisor Richmond V^a Sir The accountant not having yet arrived from [undecipherable], it is my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter [undecipherable] [June?] with their enclosures which will be attended to as far as circumstances will admit. The time necessarily taken up