[Will'm Dennis Esq^r Carlisle Prince.] Accountants Office January 23^d 1801 Sir Yours of the 20^th Ulto & 8^th instant have been duly received & their contents attended to, as you are [undecipherable] — found [undecipherable] was to be kept Secret as [undecipherable] as he did [undecipherable] never aware of how much of his attention is equal or [undecipherable] remuneration from your[s] but as you now [undecipherable] to be informed what matter may be assigned for you to do or what is now required of him, it [undecipherable] most proper to inform you that his most [undecipherable] confirmed and [undecipherable] in your declarations [undecipherable] [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] in this [undecipherable] in reputation that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] makes the [undecipherable] reports on [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] also attested to — James H. [undecipherable] [Post Master Georgetown January 29 1801 Sir This [undecipherable] account of D^r [Collins?] was [forwarded?] to this Office for allowance. The usual mode [for] such accounts [undecipherable] [previous to payment] is a reference [undecipherable] to a respectable Physician for his opinion as to the charges, and that opinion [serves?] in the [settlement] of the account, as this is the only mode that can be [undecipherable] to [check?] the charges — You will please to observe that this account of D^r [Collins?] is [certified?] by M^r Strong, but as these [undecipherable] are connected in [undecipherable] & that [certificates?] may not be [considered?] as properly [undecipherable], I have to [direct?] your attention to the charges [undecipherable]]