[305] U.S. And coming from arming & bringing the Books & Papers. Burn directed a list to admit a muster — Nov 24 [signature] D.S. Your letter enclosing [undecipherable] certificate to M^r Gredily was handed to me by this Gentleman. He is [undecipherable] far to a report which to the Sec of War to which it is subjected [undecipherable] to have [undecipherable] all his Books & Effects have been [undecipherable] Received and to forward a Copy thereof from your Books — [undecipherable] Yes! Josiah Huntington Esq. + Nov. 24. 1800 H [undecipherable], Conn.^t Sir I enclose your letter of the 14 [undecipherable] enclosing the receipt of Elijah [undecipherable] Rhea for $[undecipherable]25.70 which will be entered on record in the Books of this Office — [signature] The Sec.^y of War November 24. 1800 Sir Capt. Charles Hays of the 1.^st U.S. Reg.^t having been appointed some time in the Year 1799 [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as a [undecipherable] many unaccounted sums of public money a great part of which [undecipherable] all that have remained unaccounted for. The amount now [undecipherable] to his debt being $161,000 — and altho M.^r Hays has been repeatedly called upon by me [undecipherable] agreeable to my directions by the Pay master General to render his accounts for examination agreeable to his Instructions, he has