Doct George Martin Accountants Office Fincastle, Bote Court &c August 30^th 1800 Virginia Sir Edward Carrington Esq: has presented to this Office for settlement your account against the U. S for rations & attendance to Sundry Sick men of a Detachment of the 2 Reg^t of [undecipherable] Virginia under the command of Cap^t Barnes Payton between 1 July & 31 [undecipherable] 1799 amounting to your statement to $[undecipherable] which upon examination has been found correct — Now with therefore serves that from M^r Carrington upon granting from the accompanying [undecipherable] Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable]