[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 Ulto and to inform you that that paper of the office being all [undecipherable] up andy for removal to this City of Washington, the information you require cannot be given until their arrival there — Sam S [undecipherable] Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r June 7^th 1800— Dep^t [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] S Sir The accountant of the War Department being absent, it has become my duty to inform you that on settlement of the account of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable], the sum of Dollars 263.⁰⁰ has been paid them, being the amount of the purchase[d] money of a [undecipherable] of Point [undecipherable], & which appears by a letter from [undecipherable] Theodore [undecipherable] Commandant at [undecipherable] to have been received by him at the [undecipherable] Post & remains here at this time. Now are requested to make the necessary entries on the books of your office— Sam^l [undecipherable] Edward Carrington Esq^r City of Washington June [undecipherable] 1800 Supervisor Richmond Va Sir The accountant not having yet arrived from [undecipherable] it is my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter [undecipherable] Inst with their enclosures which will be attended to as soon as circumstances will admit. The time necessarily taken up