John S. Dexter Esq^r.                            Accountants Office Sup^r. Providence, R.I.                    July 21. 1800 Sir, The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the Sum of six dollars & [undecipherable]/100, to be paid to Capt. [undecipherable] at New York for a loss [undecipherable] deducted from his pay in the Pay [undecipherable] of his Company for March & April 1800 ([undecipherable] of the Pay master General) for rations of [undecipherable] issued by the Contractor on his order to a recruit at [undecipherable] Adams but which is now admitted, the Sum appearing to have been found agreeably to General order issued by the Adj^t General dated 23 January 1800 in pursuance of Instructions from the Secretary of War - for which Sum you will please to take the necessary rec^t — Sam^l [undecipherable]