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on the books of this office, any separate items being required must be selected there from. Ofc it will appear from the aforegoing statement that the information to be collected from this office on the subject you have requested cannot be complete. I await your further direction thercan. ? M.J. ?

? Rogers ? Portsmouth N.H.

? The treasurer of the United States well ? you the sum of two thousand five hundred seven dollars + eighty one cents to be paid to Jacob Sheafe agent of Fortifications at Portsmouth being the balance due for expenditures on account of the war department ? to 31 Dec. 1799for which you will take the mccpary receipts. ? M.J. ?

April 9th 1800

Jacob Sheafe ? Portsmouth N.H.

Sir

I have received your letter of the ?, and in reply have to inform you that your accounts continued ? because the Secretary of War had not the Commission