[Rec^d Tho^s Ellison] War Department 24^th December 1800 Sir, I am honored with your letter of the 12^th instant and have to info[rm] you in answer to your request for information relative to the Claim of M^rs Martha Bogert, as Widow of a Canadian Refugee, that on Consideration of the testimony presented by her, the Commissioners have recommended that Congress make an allowance to her of Five Hundred Acres of Land, it is to be presumed that Congress will act upon the report during the present session. [Remaining signature undecipherable]