[324] Capt. Dan^l Bissette Accountants Office Middletown Conn. January 19^th 1801 Sir Your letter of the 29^th December is before me I have investigated the claim of Oliver Roberts and my opinion that he owes [undecipherable] but his pay can be allowed, the amount of which I must await the payment of. when you [shall?] be [undecipherable] I will give you notice how or where the amount can be received by him — Sam D W[undecipherable] Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r January 19^th 1801 New York Sir I have received your letter of the 13^th inst. accompanied by your account for disbursements on account of preparations up to the 31 ult. which with those before received will be settled as early as possible, but you must be [undecipherable] of the results — Sam D W[undecipherable] Griffith & M^cRea Esq^r January 19^th 1801[undecipherable] Collector of the Customs Wilmington[undecipherable] & Co. Sir [undecipherable] Nathan Walker [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] [bearer?] to the [undecipherable] Dep^t of [undecipherable] has attended here to the settlement of his accounts, and I [undecipherable] now found that the [undecipherable] states of one thousand five hundred & [undecipherable] some [undecipherable] upon which [undecipherable] he is [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable]