[220] Accountants Office Aug 9. 1800 Mess^rs E & S Howe [undecipherable] near Hartford Connect^t Gentlemen: I received this day your [undecipherable: favor] of the [undecipherable] Aug enclosing vouchers which were rejected on a former Settlement — The [undecipherable] together with the acc^ts forwarded by you on the 21 July (which are now under examination) will shortly be [undecipherable] & the result duly communicated — Sam [undecipherable] M^r Sam^l Davis Philipstown. Dutchess County New York. Aug^t 16. 1800 Sir In the absence of M^r [undecipherable] it is my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 24 ult^o and to inform you of the receipt of a former one [undecipherable] the 20 June — the last mentioned letter remaining unanswered in consequence of the removal of the Office to the City of [undecipherable] it was received after the preparations for removing had commenced and consequently must remain unanswered until our arrival; the Subject of your letters can be answered by me only [undecipherable] stating that all personal Settlements for Pay of the Army must be made through the respective Pay masters Under the directions of the Pay master [undecipherable] — that the deficiencies stated by you must be represented to the proper officer authorized to settle your pay & his [undecipherable] duty about the [undecipherable] upon which a settlement must take place — and which I am not authorize to alter or [undecipherable] upon your representations — Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable]