you that you will receive from Nath.^l Gorham E Sup.^r Massachusetts the Sum of 500 Dollars bein for your Salary for the Quarter ending the 30^th Sep 1795 for which you will please to sign duplicate I am Sir &c. Wm Simmons D. of War. Accountants Off. Nov.^r 10, 1795. Secretary of War. Sir, I had the honor of receiving you letter of the 4^th Inst. on the Subject of the Vouchers br forward by Mr. John Carson for the pay of the Scouts the Frontiers of N. Carolina, and have to observe th after carefully re-examining the papers produced by h & from a full Consideration of Circumstances relati thereto, I see no reason to retract from the Opini given to Mr. Carson in my letter to him of the 30^th & that I still conceive it would be highly inexpedi to admit the Vouchers produced by him to his Cl until there is further Evidence of the Payment the Scouts, or to make him any further advance the Bond given by him is cancelled. I am Sir &c. Wm Simmons D. of War. Accountants Office. Nov.^r 10, 1795. Lt. Robert Rowan West Point. Sir, I have to acknowledge the Rece of your letter of the 15^th Inst. enclosing your Rec.^t for Dollars. I now return that mentioned in my las letter to you. I am Sir &c. Wm Simmons