[page number: 356] which sums you will recover from Nath^l F. Frodick Collector at Portland on prising your duplicate receipts — Sam^l Bla M.S. Nath^l F. Frodick Esq^r Accountant's Office Portland, M^e January 19 1801 Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of twenty dollars to be paid to Left John Henry 2^d Reg^t of U S I being the amount of his account for days here & expences travelling from New York N Y to Portland in Maine, for which sum you will please to take his receipts — Sam^l [undecipherable] January 21 1801 M^r James Byers J^r Springfield M^d Sir Your letter of the 7 Inst has been received with your account I enclose for Balance to the expences at Springfield on 14 Octo Nov^r & Dec^r 1800. After examination I believe it really lies about 17 dps to prevent the grant from the U S which you will receive from the Treasurer of the U S. I forward attentively your representations of the conduct of M^r Davis relative to the funds for the recruits & have to observe only, that some fact tending to criminalize the actions of M^r Davis [strikethrough: have] Should have been Stated to the [undecipherable] of War with whom the crime is lodged for investigation, that nature of the grievances you complain of — your last [undecipherable]