[Page 221] Rufus Graves & C^o 14 d^f: to the acct of McKinley M^r s or acct, Northampton Mass: Accountants Office August 12^th 1800 Sir I received this day yours of the 10^th inst. inclosing your accounts of monies disbursed on account of the 16^th Reg^t which will be placed under examination & the result only communicated to you — Sam H^o M^r John Pollard Pittsfield August 12^th 1800 Sir The accountant of the War Department being absent it has become my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 2^nd inst. with the [undecipherable] within — the contents thereof being of a nature which comes immediately under the notice of M^r [undecipherable: Simmons] & requires his decision I shall lay the letter before him on his return & a communication will be made to you of the result of his examination — Sam H^o Henry Glen Esq^r Schenectady, N. York August 12^th 1800 Sir Your letter dated the 20^th [undecipherable] I have received in the absence of M^r Simmons and in reply think have to observe that the acct before him as I alluded to you personally are not affected nor to be gotten without further evidence & that I am informed no further demands will be made until this acct was finally [undecipherable] — The Subject of your letter [will?] be laid before the accountant on his return & his answer [undecipherable: delivered]