[210] Accountants Office July 31 1800 Major Gen. Jackson New York, &c. Sir I have receiv'd your letter of the 30^th inst [undecipherable] your account for forage [undecipherable] affixed — By a General order dated the [undecipherable] May 1800 it has been made the duty of the Pay master of the different Regiments to in the first instance to receive all claims which the Officers of their respective Regiments may have against the United States for [undecipherable] with the Pay master General on [undecipherable] therefore that your account may procure the correct [undecipherable] out by the instructions of the Pay master. I herewith return it to you — [undecipherable: Sam'l W?] Noel C. Covey Esq. New York, R. I. July 31 1800 Sir Your accounts of expenditures on account of the Fortifications at New York [undecipherable] from the 1^st December 1799 to the [undecipherable] June 1800 have been examined [undecipherable] thousand five hundred ninety five dollars & [undecipherable] to your credit on the books of this office leaving I believe due the United States of $[undecipherable] [undecipherable] differ from your [statement?] [undecipherable] which is accounted for as follows viz: To this [undecipherable] paid to [undecipherable] on account [undecipherable] as an advance ...... $600. [undecipherable] bot for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] &c [undecipherable] prepared until further confirmed ...... $— [undecipherable] arising on your having charged your bouncing