[376. Getts being the amount of his disbursements from the date of his appointment in 1798 up to the 16 January last, as a compensation for making the said disbursements & for superintending the Works you will therefore be pleased to inform us what compensation he is to be allowed for said service— Jan [undecipherable: signature]] Accountants Office John Williams Jr January 7 1800 Pittsburg Sir I received on the 30 Ult a letter accompanied by accounts & vouchers transmitted to this Office on your absence by John [undecipherable] which will be forwarded with those before [undecipherable] to be examined. To [undecipherable] be satisfactory and effect materially in the examination of your accounts [undecipherable] save you trouble, the dates where stating the sums advanced to each of the contractors & [the] nature of those advances [undecipherable] such and make a statement to be [undecipherable] as far as practicable for those accounts showing [undecipherable], and that an Abstract or Abstract to that effect might accompany each transmission of accounts— Jan [undecipherable] H.S.