[174] the removal of the Office from Trenton to this place prevented my acknowledging the rect of your letter upon. Sam D^x [?] John Kitly Esq^r Accountants Office Baltimore— City of Washington June [undecipherable] Sir I have to acknowledge the recept of your letter dated the 9^th Inst. enclosing the recept of Ja^s Fenner for two hundred & eight dollars & five which from will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office— Sam D^x J [undecipherable] [undecipherable] M^r Col^t Hews June 26^th 1800 S Wilmington, N.C. Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 22^d Ulto. which the removment of the office from Philadelphia prevented me from doing before. As early as the Books & papers of the office are perfectly arranged your accounts with be taken up for examination in course & this result will be duly communicated— Sam D^x J [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Hon. Jon Clayton June 26, 1800 Elizabethtown, N.S. Sir All summons being absent it is my duty to acknowledge the rec^t of your letter dated the 6 Inst. and that not the removal of the Office prevented it I should have strived to do so this— I have written to Col Elias B. Dayton