Cap^t Hop Nord. Accountants Office Salisbury n^o 62. June 30 1780 Sir The account of [undecipherable] Brown for rations & Quarter Master supplies furnished your Detachment for the month of January, has been received at this Office— Before payment can be made it will be necessary that your [undecipherable] present returns & the [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] Commissary Officers & Privates, comp[rising] the number for which the rations were drawn— Specifying the names of Commissary Officers, & the number of the non Commissioned Officers & Privates & the rations duly drawn— It is also necessary that each particular bill of [receipts] for the purchases of the Quarter Master Stores should accompany the [general] statement [undecipherable] cannot be procured the oath of M^r Brown as to the [prices] generally must be annexed— As the accounts remain [suspended] for want of these documents, you are requested to forward them to this Office without delay— Sam^l Ho [undecipherable] C.A.& Haws C^y. July 1 1788 Agent of [Independants] New Port N.d. Sir I have received your letter of the 17 [undecipherable] with the accounts [therein] mentioned, which will be placed under examination, with those already referred to you will be informed of the result. In the mean time I [request] your attention to my letter of the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] January, a copy for your government— Sam Ho [undecipherable]