[227] Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Accountants Office Superintendent of M.S. August 19 1800 Sir Archibald Denny Esq^r Agent of Fortifications at New Fort Rhode Island, has raised a credit on the books of this Office for the sum of thirty, five dollars & [undecipherable]/100, being for the following articles purchased by him for the use of the said Fortifications & delivered to [undecipherable] Peter A Denny — Viz 2 Ladders & hasps compleat for bore back— 13.00 1 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 2 1 3 1 2 10 [undecipherable] 22.56 35.56 for which you will please to make the necessary entries on the Books of your Office — Sam^l H. [undecipherable] Lieut. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Aug^t 21 1800 [undecipherable] Point [undecipherable] Sir On my return to this place from Philad^a where I was necessarily on business I received your letter dated the 21 July 1800, and in compliance of the charge of treating you indefinitely in ordering your pay to be stopped until the balance which appeared due from you to the United States should be accounted for I have to state that the Comptroller of the Treasury has advised that the Secretary of War should in all cases designate in writing, the general officer commandant of [undecipherable] Posts who were entitled to double Rations, that when doubtful [undecipherable] was raised he recommended that the Secretary of War should explicitly state for or against the claim, and that such decisions in writing, should be a voucher for [undecipherable] the claim. to this effect the Secretary of War was frequently