[290] Lieu^t: Jacob Wilson Winchester M^o Sir Accountants Office October 31 1800 Your accounts as Pay master to the [undecipherable] under the command of Major [undecipherable] Clay has undergone examination & found to differ from your statement as to [undecipherable] account of difference — the balance due you of Forty eight dollars & [undecipherable], as shown [therein?], has been paid to the order of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] agreeably to your request. Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Secretary of War Sir October 31 1800 [I] cannot merely [undecipherable] late [undecipherable] & Pay master of the 19^th [undecipherable] has [undecipherable] for settlement at this Office [undecipherable] claim for compensation for services performed after that [undecipherable] was disbanded amounting to [undecipherable] 222.13, which being [undecipherable] before [undecipherable] notice for your inspection requesting you will be pleased to inform me of the whole or which part of the [undecipherable] charges is in your opinion to be allowed. Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Griffith J. M^c[undecipherable] Esq^r Collector Wilmington Sir November [14]^th [undecipherable] I received your letter of the 16^th [undecipherable] the receipt of [undecipherable] for fifty eight dollars & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which is [undecipherable] on the Books of this Office. Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable]