290 Saur Jackson 9^g Accountants Office Boston —, February 18 1800 Sir — I received your letter dated 9 Inst — with your account of liquidations for the fortifications at Boston for December last, which will be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result. Sam^l [initials] John Chester Esq^r February 9^th 1801 Wethersfield Co Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the U[nited] States the Sum of Eighty two dollars & [undecipherable] to be paid to Capt Dan'l Diffelle at Middletown to his substitute receipt holding him accountable for the applications that have, for pay & Oliver Dibble lately Private in Capt Ack^t McLaughts Co of Infantry from 1 Oct 1797 to 17 April 1799 that are his were discharges — Sam^l [initials] Capt Dan'l Diffelle February 9^th 1801 Middletown — Sir I have received your letter dated the 9 Inst enclosing the papers relative to the Claim of Oliver Dibble late a Private in Capt Abner McLaughts Co of Infantry — The pay has been made of from the 1 October 1797 to [undecipherable] 1799 the day he was discharged, amounting to Eighty two dollars & [undecipherable], which sum you will receive from John Chester