will be proper that that M^r Blounts account stating the particulars of the work done by him, the amount received &c. be forwarded with your certificate annexed of the work having been performed, agreeably to the letter of the Secretary of War to you of the 30^th October 1795. Sam ye W^m Simmons A^t Daniel Stevens Esq^r Accountants Office Sup^r Charleston S Ca^a October 31 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 14^th Inst enclosing the receipt of Captain Michael Haltleson for six hundred eighty one dollars &21; which will be entered to your credit on the books of this Office. Sam ye W^m Simmons Acct^s Ensⁿ W^m R Boots Accountants Office New Brunswick October 31. 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 28^th Inst. enclosing receipts for bounty; paid which will be placed with those already received. The receipt roll will be entered to your credit— you have done perfectly right in withholding the pay [strikethrough: of the pay] of the deserters, as it is considered here that their pay is forfeited when they desert, and commences when taken, deducting all expences which have accrued in the apprehending him. Sam ye W^m Simmons Acct^s