[404.] Sam.^l Hodgdon Esq.^r Philad.^a Accountants Office March 3.^d 1801 Sir (Nathaniel Smith has received a Credit at this Office for 3000 Cartouch Boxes, delivered in the Public Stores, at Philad.^a, agreeably to your receipt dated 6.^th Nov.^r 1800 — at 1¹/₁₀₀ D^rs amounting to $3420.— of which you will be pleased to make the necessary entries on the Books of your Office — Sam.^e H.S. --- James Powell Esq.^r Savannah Georgia March 4.^th 1801 Sir (A receipt signed by Solomon Ellis for Jan.^t Clam Contractor in the State of Georgia for D.^rs 27079 ⁴⁴/₁₀₀ on account of his contract for the Year 1800 was presented at this Department from the Treasury as a remittance received from you as Collector of the Customs. Before you can receive a credit therefor it is necessary that a Warrant should issue for the amount from this Department in your favor — It will be necessary therefore for you to shew by what authority the [advance?] was made, and on what documents; whether on the Abstracts of the Contractor being delivered to you or his Accounts lodged in your possession. Satisfactory evidence to this effect will be required before such Warrant will issue. If you are possess'd of the accounts or abstracts of the Contractor you are requested to forward them to this Office