Sam^l. Hodgdon Esq^r Dep^ty Q^r. Military Stores Sir Accountants Office August 13. 1800 I have recived your letter of the 8^th Inst^t enclosing an account of [undecipherable] Horton Military Store keeper at Albany, for his pay from 1 April to 20 June 1800 amounting to one hundred & twenty seven dollars 1/00, which sum has been placed in the hands of Samuel Meredith Esq^r Treasurer of the United States agreeably to your request. The accounts of the Contractor for North-Carolina have been recived but which remain suspended until a Copy of his agreement made with Griffith [undecipherable] as the Agent for this Department, is transmitted to this Office, of which he has been informed, &c Sam Bo— A. I. Arch^d. [undecipherable] Esq^r New York N. [undecipherable] August 14. 1800 Sir I have recived your letter of the 2^d inst with your accounts for expenditures on account of the fortifications at New York up to the [undecipherable] date[undecipherable] which are to be placed under examination & you will be informed of the results—) Sam Bo— By [undecipherable] Cap^t. James Steel Asst. Comm^t. M[undecipherable] Stores August [undecipherable]. 1800 Sir I recived your letter of the 8^th Inst^t in the absence of M^r [undecipherable], and have procured a warrant for the balance due John Manchester [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] from I enclose you a [undecipherable] note of the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] that being the only mode of remittance here— [undecipherable]