[284] Accountant's Office October 21 1800 Major Som^t Cap^t Pittsburg Sir The accounts mentioned in your letter of the 6 Inst. have been received from Lieut. M^cCarty they have been examined & the sum of D^o 17.97 [undecipherable] which will be paid at Sight subject to your order, at must be paid agreeable to your letter to have [undecipherable] but he is not here to receive it. Sam Ho[undecipherable] Col^d Swan Esq P.M.G. Sir Your letter dated 20 accompanied by the accounts therein mentioned have been received & are now I due examination Sam Ho[undecipherable] M^r Benj. Du[undecipherable] Eastern [undecipherable] of the Columbian [undecipherable] Boston Sir A letter dated 9 [undecipherable] with an account for printing, was handed me by the Secretary of War. Before accounts of this nature can be Paid it is proper that they should be Stated as is [undecipherable] presented from the actual & each advertisement & the prices credited should be noted in the account, attested to before a magistrate; the oath to set forth that this printing was done by order of the Secretary of War [undecipherable] entries for the prices charged, and the sum charged, is the same as charged in similar cases & established rules. The account thus stated & presented to this off[undecipherable]