[Page 74] enclosures - which shall be filed with those before forwa[rded] subject to a proper examination — Sam &c P. Hagn[er] Pr: Cl[k] --- Col^l M. Heth Accountants Office Collector of the customs, City Point June 26^th 1800 near Richmond, Virginia, Sir As early as the removal of the Office to this pla[ce] would permit I acknowledge in the absence of the accountant receipt of your letter (with its accompaniments) dated the 14[th] The papers after perusal by M^r Simmons will be arranged [with] the accounts of the Virginia militia employed in Suppr[essing] the Western Insurrection — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr: Clk --- Jon. Jackson Esq^r June 26^th 1800 Boston - Ms Sir The accountant being absent it has become my [undecipherable] to acknowledge the receipt of your letters dated the 27 May &[undecipherable] 14 Ins^t. the former accompanied by accounts of Fortifications[,] the latter enclosing the receipt of Thomas Welsh for Doll^s 576 [undecipherable] which will be attended to in course, The delay which ha[s] arisen was occasioned by the removal of the Office to this p[lace] & the papers & Books not being in perfect order yet — an adjust[ment] of the accounts cannot immediately take place — but no time wi[ll] be lost in effecting it — Sam &c P. Hagner Pr: Clk Your letter of the 3^d June is also received —