Samuel Hodgdon, Esq^re Dep^t of War Accounts Office Septem^r 1^st 1795 Sir By a late arrangement it has become my duty to receive and adjust quarterly the Accounts of the Superintendent of Military Stores and supplies, for his own compensation and that of his Clerks, and generally for all services and contingencies relative to the War Department exclusive of the purchase of Stores and Supplies. I have therefore in reply to your letter of this date to the Secretary of the Department of War regarding an advance of Money for the pay of your Clerks, to observe that in my opinion any advance for that purpose will be improper, but that it will be advisable for you to State your Account of Salary and for the Salary of your Clerks from the date of their last Settlements up to the first of the present Quarter, and that hereafter the same may be rendered quarterly and separate from any payments for the expenses of the Ordnance Department which are also to be rendered quarterly to this Office for adjustment and Settlement. I am Sir &c William Simmons Samuel Hodgdon, Esq^t D. of War Accounts Office Septem^r 3^d 1795 Sir M^r Chas Langham is now attending at this Office for the purpose of Settling his Accounts — I therefore request you to send forward all Papers in your possession relative thereto, together with a Certificate of the Money advanced by you to him. — I am Sir &c William Simmons