eighty seven Dollars and fifty Cents being for your sa- lary from the 1^st July to the 30^th Sept^r 1795 incl^d. for w[hich] you will please sign duplicate Receipts. I am Sir &c. Off^r W^m Simmons D. of War. Accountants Office Joshua Wentworth Esq^r October 30^th 1795. Supt. Portsmouth New Hamps^r. Sir, The Treasurer of the U. S. will remit you the Sum of 187 Dollars and 50 Cents being for the Salary of Edmund H. Quincy Clerk of the Naval Yard, Portsmouth from the 1^st July to the [undecipherable] Sept^r 1795 incl^d. for which Sum you will please to ta[ke] his Receipts. I am Sir &c. Off^r W^m Simmons D. of War. Accountants Office Major John Cannon October 30^th 1795. Sir, You having received from this Depart[ment] on the 19^th Nov^r. 1794 the Sum of 8864 Dollars & 77 Cent[s] for the pay due the Scouts called into Service for the pro[tec]tion of the Frontiers of North Carolina from 5^th Feb^y to 31 Aug^t 1794 and entered into Bond for the due applicatio[n] thereof agreeable to the Instructions received from the la[te] Accountant. I have to inform you that the Vouch[ers] produced by you for the Expenditures of that Sum are not agreeable to those Instructions: You having brou[ght] forward Receipts signed by a Number of persons as Mili[undecipherable]