[290] [undecipherable] Jackson Esq^r Boston [undecipherable] Accountants' Office February 18 1800 Sir— I received your letter dated 9 Inst. with your account of expenditures for the fortifications at Boston, for December last, which will be placed under examination, & you will be informed of the result. Sam'l [undecipherable] John Chester Esq^r Wethersfield Co. February 9^th 1801 Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of Eighty two dollars & [undecipherable] to be paid to Capt. Dan'l Bissell at Middletown to [undecipherable] his substitute receipt holding him accountable for the same application [undecipherable], for pay [undecipherable] Oliver [undecipherable: Bidell] late Private in Capt. [undecipherable] McHenry's Co of Infantry from 1 Oct. 1797 to 17 April 1799 that day he was discharged— Sam'l [undecipherable] Capt. Dan'l Bissell Middletown February 9^th 1801 Sir I have received your letter dated the [undecipherable] Inst with [undecipherable] enclosing [undecipherable] return relative to the claim of Oliver [undecipherable: Bidell] late a Private in Capt. [undecipherable] McHenry's Co. of Infantry. The pay has been made out from 1 October 1797 to [undecipherable] April 1799 the day he was discharged, amounting to Eighty two dollars & [undecipherable], which sum you will receive from John Chester.