[227] Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r New York Accountants Office October 29 1800 Sir I have received your letter of the 25^th Inst, accompanied by your accounts & vouchers as Agent of Fortifications up to the 1^st Instant, which will be placed under examination & the result communicated to you in course — Sam H[undecipherable] W[undecipherable] D^r Jos A Smitt Fredericktown M^d Accountants Office October 29 1800 Sir Your account for medicine administered to [undecipherable] Islands Recruiting Party & Surgeon from Maryland in Feb^y & March 1800, amounting [undecipherable] from Statement to A^t 22[undecipherable] has been received, & born in the usual way by a discontented [undecipherable] Payment, who reports 19^th and ample compensation, you have therefore to credit for this from subject to your review — Sam H[undecipherable] W[undecipherable] D^r Jas Newman Salisbury M^d October 29 1800 Sir Your two accounts exhibited at this Office by John Stokes Esq^r for medicine administered & attendance on U.S. [undecipherable] Recruits at Salisbury M^d from 16 May 1799 to Aug^t 1800, has been admitted & the sum of D^o 16.79 is [undecipherable] subject to your credit — Sam[undecipherable] W[undecipherable]