[220] M^rs E & S Ames Accountants Office Hilton near Hartford Aug 9 1800 Connect[icut] Gentlemen I received this day grace of the 4 Aug^t inclosing vouchers which were rejected on a former settlement. Your inquir[ies] with the acc^ts furnished by you on the 21 July (which are now under examination) will shortly be settled & the result duly communicated — Sam R[undecipherable] [undecipherable] M^r Sam Davis Aug 18 1800 Paltsboro, [undecipherable] County New York Sir In the absence of M^r Simmons 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 dated the 20 June — the last mentioned letter remains unanswered in consequence of the removal of the Office to the City of Wash[ington] it was received after the preparations for removing had commenced and consequently must remain unanswered until our arrival [there]. The Subject of your letters can be answered by me only in 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 General — that the difficulties stated by you must be represented to the proper officer authoriz[ed] to settle your pay & his exertions duly [await] the proper officer [from] which a Settlement must take place — and which I am not authoriz[ed] to alter or insist upon your representation — Sam R[undecipherable] J A