[225] letter from you on the Subject. they will be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result. See the absence of the Accountant, Sam [undecipherable] p [undecipherable] M^r Horatio Shrock Accountants Office near [undecipherable: probable reading Taneytown] Frederick Co. Aug^t 12^th 1800 Mary'd Sir The Accountant being absent it is my duty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 12 Ult. and to inform you that this is not the proper office to which your accounts should be forwarded, but that of the Quarter master General. I shall however deliver them with your letter to M^r James Miller Agent to the Quarter master General at Phila^s whose duty it is to examine accounts of that nature — your communications will accordingly be directed to this Office — Sam [undecipherable] p [undecipherable] Joshua Orne Esq^r August 19^th 1800 Agent of Fort[undecipherable] [undecipherable: probable reading Marblehead] Sir I have received your letter of the 7 July accompanied by your accounts vouchers for April last, which will be placed under examination & you will be informed of the matter. See the absence of the Accountant Sam [undecipherable] p [undecipherable]