Department of War Accountants Office September [undecipherable] Sir [undecipherable: f...] [undecipherable: 9.1] [undecipherable] Your letter of the [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] received, and have reexamined the accounts of Salary to which you have had allusion — It is as I stated before that payment was made to the amount of the appropriation and that no further sums could be paid by me — Salary of Ripley I do not find included in either of the accounts — but it will be in a similar Situation with the sum deducted from the Account to the 31^st December 1796 — as there are no appropriations in addition to what you have received. I am Sir Your Mo ob Serv^t [Signature] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. Philadelphia [free] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. Superintend[ent of Military Stores] Philadelphia [postal stamp: SEP 10] [endorsement: William Simmons / Commissary / [undecipherable] 1800] [No. 153] [Rec'd [undecipherable]]