inform [undecipherable] Ames that [undecipherable] the amounts [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] their [undecipherable] as it becomes due, they do not [undecipherable] him from any legal claim of [undecipherable] regulations of this Department which says that no remittances of any kind shall be made for excess of justice— Sam to H[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Carrington Esq. Supervisor Richmond D[istrict]. Accountants Office January [undecipherable] 1801 Sir I receive your letter D[undecipherable]d the 10^th Inst: enclosing your account of remittances for making [undecipherable] and advances to Contractors for supplying the troops of the United States on the State of Virginia [undecipherable] to 31 Dec^r 1799, which has undergone examination & from which I have deducted the sum of two dollars & [undecipherable] which is fairly expressed by the annexed account of difference. The balance [undecipherable] being five hundred seventy dollars & [undecipherable], you will receive in the usual manner from the Treasury of the United States & receipt for which you will please transmit to this Office. Sam to H[undecipherable] To Rob^t B Richardson Contractor Baltimore January 23^d 1801 Sir I have received your letter dated the 20 Instant enclosing authentic receipts for two thousand five hundred dollars, which is entered on record in the Books of this Office. Sam to H[undecipherable]