[D of War Accountants O] Aaron Burr. Esq^r April 18^th [year cut off] Sir The claim of M^r 13 [undecipherable] Statts that you was enquiring for, I find is for bal[ance] due him and founded on a Certificate issued by Co[l.] Udney Hay Dep^t Quarter Master for the State of New Yorke — Certificates of this kind have always been re[fused] fused a Settlement at the Treasury because no re[ceipt] was furnished by Col. Hay acknowledging that h[e] had issued said Certificate — Congress by their a[ct] of 12^th of February 1793 directed that the Accoun[ting] Officers of the Treasury should report to Congres[s] all claims thus circumstanced — M^r Statts's cl[aim] was filed at the Office under that Act and was in[cluded] cluded on an Abstract reported on by the Of[ficers] of the Treasury to Congress, and is now with[in the] files not having been finally acted on by the[m.] I am Sir Y^r William Simm[ons] --- Nathaniel Gorham. Esq^r [D of War Accountants O] Boston Mass^tts April 20^th [year cut off] Sir I have this day receiv[ed] your letter of the 13^th Inst covering the receipt [of] Bryant for one thousand Dollars. — I am Sir d^c William Simm[ons]