arising principally from Public monies placed in his hands to transmit to Public Officers & others - which he omitted in some cases to perform - The amount of monies received by him on transmitting is [undecipherable] $210081.21 - $am[undecipherable] Danl Heyden Esq^r Accountants Office [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] February 7 1801- Sir I a settlement of the Accounts of Abel Humphreys Contractor & has received a credit for the following sums expended on the erection of [undecipherable] for the accommodation of the Recruits at [undecipherable] agreeably to the Requisition of Cap^t. [undecipherable] & the orders of General Hamilton - For 1[undecipherable] @ 23½ C^t each . . . . . . . . . . . $ [undecipherable]22.- 44 [undecipherable] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.- Straw for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.- 14490 [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] per plank . . . . . . . . . 499 [undecipherable] Transportation of the above materials . . . . . . 505 29 Amounting to the sum of . . . . . . . Dollars 1134. 30 on which you will please make the proper entries on the Books of the department of Military Stores - Sam[undecipherable] P.S. There Bills are still Standing on the Books of Cap^t. [undecipherable] from whose information it appears [undecipherable] has been approved on behalf of the [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] them from now or to direct their [undecipherable]. I mention this for your government and the interest of the public - the expense of [undecipherable] this bill is also considerable -