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will please take his receipts one of which you will transmit to this Office —

Enclosed are my two letters to James Leaky & Saml Marshall to be forwarded by you, the latter I have purposely left open for your perusal that you may see the nature of the charges of that Contractor which have been rejected at the Office, in consequence of which he falls in debt to the United States the sum of Drs 101.81 — you will please to bear in mind this circumstance should further advances be applied for ~

I am &c. W. S.

Mr. Jas. Little Contractor Winchester Virginia

Accountant's Office October 14 ' 1799

Sir Your account & vouchers for supplies to the Troops at Winchester were duly recd. at this Office on the 30 August last — & have been suspended & will continue to be until Capt Bishop answers my letter to him of the 4" Sept. wherein I desired him to send on the original returns upon which the unauthorized articles charged in your account were issued & at the same time to show by what authority he had drawn articles of you that should have been obtained if wanted from the Public Stores —

I am surprized you should think of obtaining a ready settlement of your accounts at this Office when you have not in any Instance produced a Bill or recd for the cost of articles therein charges and in the care of the two enclosed returns for rations to Captn Bishop & Lt. Evans you have not produced their recd for which reason they are now