the removal of the Office from Philad:ᵃ to this place prevented my acknowledging the receipt of your letters before. Sam d^e [initials] John Hilty Esq: Baltimore — Accountants Office City of Washington June 26^: Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 9^th Inst: inclosing the receipt of Jn: Fonein for two hundred & eight dollars & 7/100 which sum will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office. Sam d^e P. Hagner Pr Clk M^r: Rob^t. Howe Wilmington N.C. June 26^th 1800 Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated the 22^d Ult: which the removal of the Office from Philadelphia prevented me from doing before. As early as the Books & papers of the Office are properly arranged your accounts will be taken up for examination in course & the result will be duly communicated. Sam y^e P. Hagner Pr: Clk The Hon^ble Jonⁿ Dayton Elizabethtown N. J. June 26^: 1800 Sir M^r. Simmons being absent it is my duty to acknowledge the rec^t. of your letter dated the 6^: Inst: and had not the removal of the Office prevented it I should have attended to it ere this — I have written to M^r. Elias B Dayton