[330] [*Joshuai Orne Esq^r* *Marblehead*] Accountants Office December 30 1800 Sir I returned your letter of the 17 Inst^t with the accounts therein mentioned. They will be placed under examination in course — Sam^l [undecipherable] *Joshuai Orne Esq^r Marblehead, M^s* December 31 1800 Sir — Your accounts & receipts for expenditures in July & August last on account of the fortifications at Marblehead have been examined, and the sum of two hundred fifty four dollars & [undecipherable] passed to your credit on the Books of the Office, leaving a balance of seven hundred [undecipherable] dollars & [undecipherable] due from you to the United States, which differs from your Statement six dollars & [undecipherable] being the amount of the two enclosed lists which are returned to you for the purpose of having them receipted, when they will be admitted to your credit in settlement of your next account — Sam^l [undecipherable] Robert Vilmar Esq^r Chairman of the Naval Committee Baltimore January 2^d 1801 Sir I have received your letter [undecipherable] 31 Dec^r last year, with a Bundle of accounts for expenditures on acct of the fortifications at Baltimore, which accounts shall be [undecipherable] under examination in course, and the result communicated [undecipherable]