[290] Lieut: Jacob Wilson Winchester M^o. Accountants Office October 31 1800 Sir, Your accounts as Pay master to the Militia under the command of Major Gen'l Clift have undergone examination & found to differ from your statement as to [undecipherable] amount of difference — the balance due you of Forty eight dollars & [undecipherable], as therein Stated, has been paid to the order of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Lines agreeable to your request Sam E.S. Off. A. The Secretary of War Sir October 31 1800 Serjeant morphy, late [undecipherable] & Pay master of the 12^th Reg^t has exhibited for settlement at this office a claim for compensation for services performed after that Regiment was disbanded, amounting to $422.13, which being [uncertain?] I notice for your information respecting, you will be pleased to inform me of the whole or which part of this [undecipherable] charge is in your opinion to be allowed. Sam E.S. W.S. Griffith McMillan Esq^r Collector Wilmington Sir November 11^th [undecipherable] I received your letter of the 16^th [undecipherable] with the receipt of Robert [undecipherable] for fifty eight dollars & [undecipherable] which is [entered?] on the Books of this Office. Sam E.S. W.S.