[284] Accountants Office October 21 1800 Major Son[undecipherable: Cap?] Pittsburg Sir The accounts mentioned in your letter of the 6 Inst. have been received from Lieut. McL[undecipherable]: they have been examined & the sum of D[undecipherable] 17.97. admitted, which will be paid at Sight subject to your order, it would be paid agreeable to your letter to Lieut Simons but he is not here to receive it— Sam Ho[undecipherable] W[undecipherable] Col. Swan Eq[undecipherable] P.M.G. October 21 1800 Sir Your letter dated 20 accompanied by the accounts therein mentioned have been received & will meet due examination— Sam Ho[undecipherable] W[undecipherable] M^r Benj. Dufelle Eastern [undecipherable] the Columbia [undecipherable] Boston October 21 1800 Sir A letter dated 9 Inst. with an account for printing, was handed me by the Secretary of War. Before accounts of this nature can be [undecipherable] it is proper that they should be Stated in [undecipherable] particular form, that the extent of such advertisement or the period covered should be noted in the account, attested to before a magistrate, the oath to set forth that the printing was done by order of the Secretary of War & relates to the service: also that the sum charged is the same as charged in similar cases & established rules. The account thus stated & furnished to this off[undecipherable]