& [undecipherable] it appears from your Statement nearly five Soldiers which has been directed therefrom being a [undecipherable] of receipt Voucher N° [undecipherable] and to shew Soldier in receipt to & therefore from Hartford to New Port Shore duties noted and not to have [undecipherable] to Pick every [undecipherable] Legal in Fortifications at this place was about have [undecipherable] not to recruit from as to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] were per the [undecipherable] of the Fortifications at this place — Jan [undecipherable] [signature] P.S. Your letter of the 23^d [undecipherable] has bin received — [signature] Accountant's Office January 3 1800 Sir, You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of one thousand one hundred & Thirty- five dollars & [undecipherable] on account the fortifications [undecipherable], in full discharge of [undecipherable] orders, for which sum you will please to forward the Voucher receipts — Jan [undecipherable] [signature] Philadelphia Cap^t [undecipherable] J.B.L. Sir, December 5^th 1800 [undecipherable] Will you [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] accounts [undecipherable] you will return all accounts and from them the proper [undecipherable] admitting such as your Instructions will warrant in the usual form, I expect such as you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [signature]