Joshua Crane Esq^r Accountants Office, Marblehead — February 9^th 1801 Sir I have Received your letter of the 28 Ult: with your accounts & vouchers for expenditures on account of the Fortifications at Marblehead up to the end of last year. As your State your agency before [undecipherable] hence the works are complete it is remarked that your accounts should be formally Settled & I have therefore [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of them and [undecipherable] them with your [undecipherable] & my letter of the [undecipherable] relative to a Voucher then returned to you for explanation & to which I again request your early attention — Sam[uel] [undecipherable] Joseph Williams Esq^r February 9^th 1801 Springfield M^S Sir I have received your letter of the 31 Ult: accompanied by your accounts & vouchers for the quarter ending the 31 December last being [undecipherable] on account of the Armory at Springfield which will be [placed] under examination & you will be informed of the result [accordingly] Sam[uel] [undecipherable]