[74.] enclosures - which shall be filed with those before forwarde[d] subject to a proper examination — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Cl[k] Col^l McHetch Accountants Office Collector of the customs, City Point June 26^th 1800 near Richmond, Virginia, Sir As early as the removal of the Office to this pla[ce] would permit I acknowledge in the absence of the accountant receipt of your letter (with its accompaniments) dated the 14[th] The papers after perusal by M^r Simmons will be arrang[ed] with the accounts of the Virginia militia employed in Suppres[sing] the Western Insurrection — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk. Jon.ⁿ Jackson Esq^r. June 26^th 1800 Boston - M^s Sir The accountant being absent it has become my [undecipherable] to acknowledge the receipt of your letters dated the 27 May &[undecipherable] 14 Inst^t. The former accompanied by accounts of Fortifications, the latter enclosing the receipt of Thomas Welsh for Doll^s 576.[undecipherable] which will be attended to in course. The delay which ha[s] arisen was occasioned by the removal of the Office to this pl[ace] & the papers & Books not being in perfect order yet — an adjus[tment] of the accounts cannot immediately take place — but no time wi[ll] be lost in effecting it — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk. Your letter of the 3^d June is also received — [175.] M^r John G Coffin Accountants Office Boston — June 27^th 1800 Sir I have received your letter of the 4 Inst^t in reply I have to inform you that on settlement of the acco^ts of Manning & Vischer for payments he made on your due bills. One of nine dollars & 7/100, was paid, for which you had already received a credit, & for which it was thought at the time no due bill had been granted by you, but that you had paid the money. You were accordingly charged with that sum as having been erroneously admitted to your credit — the acco^t is that of John Nugent for carpenters tools purchased of him for the use of the Garrison at Niagara — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk. Lieut^t John Fergus June 27^th 1800 New York, Sir I have received your letter (without date) enclosing your Recruiting account & Vouchers therein referred to for Settlement - which has been transmitted to Caleb Swan Esq^r Pay master Gen^l residing at Philad^a whose duty it is in the first instance to examine & liquidate all army acco^ts — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr. Clk. Caleb Swan Esq^r. June 27^th 1800 P. M. G. Sir Herewith I inclose you a letter rec^d from Lieut^t John Fergus Jun^r inclosing his account for Recruiting and Vouchers therein referred to, which are transmitted to you that they may pursue the regular course for examination & settlement