Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Dep^t of Military Stores Accountants Office August 18 1800 Sir I have received your letter of the 16 Inst enclosing an account of M^r Henden Military Store Keeper at Albany, for his pay from 1 April to 30 June 1800 amounting to one hundred & twenty seven dollars 1⁰⁰/°°, which sum has been placed in the hands of Samuel Meredith Esq Tresr of the United States agreably to your request. The accounts of the Contractor for North Carolina have been received but which remain unexamined until a copy of his arrangement made with Griffith [undecipherable] as the Agent for this Department, is transmitted to this Office of which she has been informed &c Sam Br. H.S. Arch^d Grainy Esq^r New York H S August 14. 1800 Sir I have received your letter of the 2^nd inst with your accounts for expenditures on account of the Fortifications at New York up to the same date; which note to be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result. Sam Br. H.S. Cap^t James Stett Ass^t Depart of Works August 14 1800 Sir I received your letter of the 8 Inst in the absence of M^r Simmons, and have forwarded a warrant for the balance due John Manchester $[undecipherable] 4.27 for which from [undecipherable] enclose you a draft note of the [undecipherable] of plumber that being the only mode of remittance here — [undecipherable] 2/[undecipherable]