[page 222] Gen^l Jackson Esq^r Boston — Accountants Office August 23^d 1800 Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 15^th Inst accompanied by your accounts vouchers for expenditures on account of the fortifications erecting at Boston for July last which will be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result. On this Statement you will receive a credit for $19.46 being your Commission on the amount of purchases made by you in the Quinlan Master Accountant in 1799 agreeable to the decision of the Secretary of War, and as the aggregate amount of your expenditures on account of the fortifications are cited $3000. if the accounts just rec^d are found correct you will also receive credit for a commission of 2½ p^r ct and that from 3 of 1½ p^r ct for all above it agreeable to your Commission of the 23^d July 1799. The balance found due on such settlement will exhibit the actual state of public monies in your hands. You will be pleased to recommend your accounts thereto and in all future transmissions of them you will also calculate your commissions of 1½ p^r ct in conformity to the said instructions — Sam H Caleb Swan Esq^r P M G August 23^d 1800 Sir Your letter of the 8^th and this date have been received — the books accompanied by four bundles of Muster & Pay Rolls &documents from W^t 197 & 198 inclusive. They will be filed with those before received to be examined in return — Sam H [Acp^t]