[182.] Accountants Office July 7^th 1800 Jon Jackson Esq. Agent of Fort Boston, Sir, Referring to my letter of this date I have now to inform you that your acct of expenditures against the Fortifications in May last have been examined & being correct the amount thereof, will be [undecipherable] to your credit — I balance in your hands of six [undecipherable] six hundred [undecipherable] four dollars & [undecipherable] differing from your Statement [undecipherable]23. — this difference having arisen on [undecipherable] it will be explained by [undecipherable] to my last letter of this date. — I have however to remark that you have entered a part of [undecipherable] for the use of bores, been [undecipherable] to the ablest of [undecipherable] and another [undecipherable] for the hire of [undecipherable] to Crane them — I have [undecipherable] to the abstract of the pay of laborers when in fact the one is so much an [undecipherable] of Transportation as the other. You will be [undecipherable] to this in future — Sam'l [undecipherable] Sam'l Meredith Esq. Treasurer H.S. United Sir, The Accountants Warrants having been [undecipherable] by the Secretary of [undecipherable] for monies which are to be [undecipherable] by you to the persons therein named, & which amount[undecipherable] in the Office ready for delivery — I have to request that you will take measures for receiving them as early as convenient — Sam'l [undecipherable] [Nov^r 1[undecipherable] in favor of [undecipherable] Collector at Portland for [undecipherable] 19[undecipherable]] [[undecipherable] in [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] County —] [[undecipherable] [undecipherable] — to be transmitted to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at New York] [[undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] to Fort [undecipherable] at Baltimore —]