settlement made with them on the 20^th May last being for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] him & [undecipherable] furnishes the 13 Reg^t of Inf^y, [undecipherable] & Co's by & 30 march 1800. You will therefore pay them that sum upon their granting you the necessary rece^ts — Sam^l [undecipherable] Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Accountant's Office Ph^a Sept 1^st 1800 Sir In reply to your letter date the 19^th last Month, I have to inform you that I have had reference to the several estimates of your Salary and find the periods which you mention deductions to have been taken place and find that the allowances made were in conformity with appropriations made by Congress to the extent of which, payments were made, & therefore no further sum for those services can be allowed by me without the approbation that Body — Sam^l [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sam^l Hodgdon Esq Sep 2^d 1800— Ph^a Sir On settlement of the accounts of James Pattan Contractor for the State of Maryland, he has [undecipherable] a credit for the [undecipherable] one hundred [undecipherable] two dollars & [undecipherable] being the amount of his account abstract of articles purchased by him in the Year 1799 for the use of the Troops in the aforesaid state, and for which you will be pleased to make the necessary entries in the Books of your Office — Sam^l [undecipherable] [undecipherable]