necefity therefor, & You are accordingly, required to [undecipherable] that them? for which you will be charged on the books of this Office; and in the next settlement of your account you will enter [undecipherable] this amount shewing what balance remains in your hands that its distribution may be ordered. Sam W^o W.S. M^r Carlton Walker Accountants Office Wilmington N.C. December 19^th 1800 Sir Your accounts as the master to the [undecipherable] Reg^t of Infantry have undergone examination & settlement, by which there appears a balance due from you to the United States of one [undecipherable] [undecipherable] dollars & [undecipherable]/100 differing from your [undecipherable] as explained in the [undecipherable] amount of [undecipherable] for your government, where [undecipherable] you are to pay the [undecipherable] & all the [undecipherable] Collector of the Customs at Wilmington N.C. taking his duplicate receipt for the same; one whereof is to be transmitted to this Office. Sam W^o W.S. Cap^t. Van Horn, January 19^th 1800 Portland M^e Sir Your letter of the 19^th [undecipherable] has been received enclosing your account for advance from New York to Portland amounting of your statement to [undecipherable] — 407.20 [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] has been deducted the sum charged for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of your account, which is [undecipherable] — [leaving?] a balance in your favor of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] —