[196] the United States to be by you paid to the said Mr McHenle upon his granting you this necessary receipt— Enclosed is my letter to Mr [undecipherable] left open for your perusal after which you will please close it & forward it as directed — Sam Y. W.S. Jno. Jackson Esq. Accountants Office [undecipherable] July 9^th 1800 Sir I receive your letter of the 11 [undecipherable] with your accounts for expenditures for the Fortifications for June last which will be placed under examination & you must be [undecipherable] of the result — Sam [undecipherable] W.S. Elias Stevens Esq. July 16 1800 New York— Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the [undecipherable] States the sum of Ten thousand Dollars on account of the Fortifi- cations in the [undecipherable] of New Yorke for which [undecipherable] you will please to forward your duplicate rec[undecipherable] to be accountable — Sam Y. W.S. Robert Gilmor Esq. July 16 1800 Baltimore Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the [undecipherable] States the sum of Ten thousand Dollars on account of the Fortifications at Baltimore, for which [undecipherable] you will please to forward your duplicate receipts to be accountable — Sam [undecipherable] W.S.