[290] Genr [undecipherable] 9^q Accountants Office Boston?, February 18^th 1800 Sir — I received your letter dated 4^th Inst. with your accounts & instructions for the fortifications at Boston for [undecipherable] list, which will be placed under examination & you will be informed of the result. Sam^l [undecipherable initials] John Chester Esq^r February 9^th 1801 Wilmington Co: Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of Eighty for dollars & [undecipherable] to be paid to Cap^t Dan^l Diffell at Middletown, taking his sub[undecipherable] receipts holding him accountable for the same applications [undecipherable] having for pay of Oliver Schell late a Private in Cap^t [undecipherable] Co of Infantry from 1 Oct. 1797 to 17 April 1799 that are he was discharged — Sam^l [undecipherable initials] Cap^t Dan^l Diffelle February 9^th 1801 Middletown Sir I have received your letter dated the 9^th [undecipherable] enclosing this [undecipherable] relative to the claim of Oliver Schell late a Private in Cap^t Albert [undecipherable] Co of Infantry — [undecipherable] pay has been made of from that 1 October 1797 to [undecipherable] April 1799 the day he was discharged, amounting to Eighty for dollars & [undecipherable], which sum you will receive from John Chester [undecipherable]