your accounts I believe you have neglected a very material point, for in no instance have you produced the receipt for the Settlements made with your agents for monies expended by them: of the absolute necessity of this you are informed as Biddle's where you had the account of D^ck [undecipherable: Burman?] returned you because you had not his receipt for the money [undecipherable]. I got I believe you have corrected it without that receipt. In solicitation of your immediate attention — Sam [undecipherable] W[undecipherable] M^r Conrad Beam Accountants Office Salesbury, N C- October 21 1800 Sir Your account & Vouchers for Rations furnish'd Quarter Master Hospital supplies expenditures for the [undecipherable] Cap^t [undecipherable] those Accounts at Salesbury [undecipherable] in February March April & May 1800 have been exhibited at this Office by John Slab Esq^r and on their examination [undecipherable] sum of $4 [undecipherable] 00 is found due you: to enable us to [undecipherable] a final order on demand or transmit to the [undecipherable] Settlement[undecipherable] at M^r 6[undecipherable] as you may be pleased to name Sam [undecipherable] W[undecipherable] Col^o Carrington Esq^r October 21 18[undecipherable] Jefferson Richmond, Va Sir I enclose your letter of the 17 Sep^t and [undecipherable] the Thomas Hills draft for D[undecipherable] which I shall give the receipt to return to you as he was unwilling to come on this Department — Sam [undecipherable] W[undecipherable]