Will. Crafts Esq. Charleston N.S. Accountants Office October 10^th 1800 Sir The inclosed accounts Vouchers for expenditures said to have been made on account of this Department by the Collector of the port of Charleston, have been forwarded by the Auditor of the Treasury for settlement at this Office — On examination of the accounts there does appear any evidence that the expenditures were made on account of this War Department, they are therefore referred to you for investigation & also for any receipt or accounts shewing together that the items which properly belong to the Navy Department may be excluded on the settlement — You will also allow the Collector a commission of 1 p [undecipherable] C on the amount of his expenditures — Sam. B[undecipherable] [undecipherable initials] Will. Shiels Esq. No Mayor of the [undecipherable] Elizabethtown N.J. October 29 1800 Sir Yours of the 16 has been received & duly noticed — We appear to communicate the cause which led to the stoppage of your pay for forage temporarily received from the Contractor — it was stated to be because the Pay master was authorized to make the forage allowances — If you doubt not incur these costs in the field relative to forage I know of no other authority which authorizes this recovery, it or in any other way — The money received by you from [undecipherable] fully [undecipherable] shall was properly [undecipherable] for this [undecipherable] communication [undecipherable] time to the Contractor — Sam. Ho[undecipherable]