[D of War Accountants Of] Aaron Burr. Esq^r April 18^th Sir The claim of M^r 13 S Statts that you was enquiring for, I find is for bala due him and founded on a Certificate issued by Co Udney Hay Dep^t Quater Master for the State of New Yorks — Certificates of this kind have always been re fused a Settlement at the Treasury because no rec was furnished by Col. Hay acknowledging that h had issued said Certificate — Congress by their ac of 12^th of February 1793, directed that the Accoun Officers of the Treasury should report to Congress all claims thus circumstanced — M^r Statts's cla was filed at the Office under that Act and was cluded on an Abstract reported on by the Of of the Treasury to Congress, and is now with files not having been finally acted on by th I am Sir Y^r William Simm [D of War Accountants Of] Nathaniel Gorham. Esq^r April 20^th Boston Mass^tts Sir I have this day recei your letter of the 13^th Inst^t covering the receipt Bryant for one thousand Dollars. — I am Sir &^c William Simm