the removal of the Office from Philad:^a to this place prevented my acknowledging the receipt of your letters before. Sam &c [undecipherable] John Hilly Esq:^r Accountants Office Baltimore — City of Washington June 26^th Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 9^th Inst^t inclosing the receipt of Jn: Fonein for two hundred & eight dollars & 7/100 which sum will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office— Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk M^r. Rob^t. Howe June 26^th 1800 Wilmington N.C. Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 22^d Ult^t. which the removal of the Office from Philadelphia prevented me from doing before. As early as the Books & papers of the Office are properly arranged your accounts will be taken up for examination in course & the result will be duly communicated— Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk The Hon^ble Jonⁿ Dayton June 26^th 1800 Elizabethtown N. J. Sir M^r. Simmons being absent it is my duty to acknowledge the rec^t. of your letter dated the 6^th Inst^t. and had not the removal of the Office prevented it I should have attend[ed] to it ere this — I have written to M^r. Elias B Dayton informing him of the State of the Office, and that as early as possible his accounts would be examined and finally adj[usted]. I shall lay your letter before the accountant on his arr[ival] here for his personal reply — Sam &c P. [Hagner] Pr. [Clk] Cap^t. James Stille Accountants Office West Point — City of Washington June 26^th Sir I have received your letter dated the 19^th Inst^t. with its enclosure — On examining the records of this Office find that Ethan Winchester late a Private in Cap^t. Baton's [undecipherable] is returned for a balance of pay due him from 1 Nov^r. 1795 to 17 February 1796. the date of his death amounting to four[teen] dollars & [undecipherable]/100 — before a payment thereof can be made to the claimant it is necessary that evidence be produced that he is the brother & legal heir of the aforesaid Soldier deceased, & that he died without issue— Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk M^r. William Chancellor June 26^th 1800 Philad^a. — Sir M^r. Simmons being absent it is my duty to acknowledge the rec^t. of your letter dated the 23^d Inst^t. with the acc^t. current & vouchers therein inclosed — When the papers & Books of this Office are in a state to admit of examining your acc^ts. no time will be lost in adjusting them for entry — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk