[22] Sam'l Hodgdon Esq' Dep^t of Military Stores Sir Accountants Office August 13 1800 I have received your letter of the 6 inst enclosing an account of all Hoston military store keepers at Albany, for his pay from 1 April to 30 June 1800 amounting to one hundred & twenty seven dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable], which sum has been placed in the hands of Samuel Meredith [undecipherable] Treasurer of the United States agreeably to your request. The accounts of the Contractor for North Carolina have been received, but which remain unexamined, write a copy of his account made with Griffeth & [undecipherable] the Agent for this Department, is transmitted to this Office of which he has been informed. [undecipherable] Sam to R. L. Arch. Gracie Esq' New York H S August 14. 1800 Sir I have received your letter of the 2 inst with your accounts for expenditures on account of the fortifications at New York up to the [undecipherable] date, which must be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result. Sam to [undecipherable] Cap't James Stetts Ass't Boom't [undecipherable] August 14 1800 Sir I received your letter of the 8 inst & in the absence of M'r [undecipherable], and have procured a warrant for the balance due John Manchester [undecipherable] for which from [undecipherable] you a draft note of the thanks of number that being the only mode of remittance here —