Lieut. Jacob Wilson Winchester N^o. Sir Accountants Office October 31 1800 Your accounts as Pay master to the troops under the command of Major Gen Clay? has 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 [undecipherable], has been paid to the order of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] generally to your request. Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Secretary of War Sir October 31 1800 [undecipherable] muster late [undecipherable] & Pay master of the 13 Reg^t has submitted for settlement at this Office a claim for compensation for services performed after that Reg^t was disbanded, amounting to D^r [undecipherable].13, which being [undecipherable] I notice for your inspection requesting you will be pleased to inform me of the whole or what part of this [undecipherable] charge is in your opinion to be allowed. Sam[undecipherable] N.S. Griffith J. McD[undecipherable] Esq^r [undecipherable] Winchester Sir November 14 [1800] I received your letter of the 16 [undecipherable] with the receipt of [undecipherable] for fifty eight dollars & [undecipherable] which is [undecipherable] on the Books of this Office [undecipherable] Sam[undecipherable] N.S.