you that you will receive from Nath^l Gorham [?] Sup^r Massachusetts the Sum of 500 Dollars be[ing] for your Salary for the Quarter ending the 30^th S[ept] 1795 for which you will please to sign duplicate[s] I am Sir &c. W^m Simmons D. of War. Accountant's Off[ice] Secretary of War. Nov^r 10. 1795. Sir, I had the honor of receiving you[r] letter of the 4^th Inst on the Subject of the Vouchers [to be] forward by M^r John Carson for the pay of the Scouts on the Frontiers of N. Carolina, and have to observe that after carefully re-examining the papers produced by [him] & from a full Consideration of Circumstances relat[ing] thereto, I see no reason to retract from the Opin[ion] given to M^r Carson [in] my Letter to him of the 30^th [&] that I still conceive it would be highly inexpedi[ent] to admit the Vouchers produced by him to his Cl[aim] until there is further Evidence of the Payment [of] the Scouts, or to make him any further advanc[e] the Bond given by him is cancelled. I am Sir &c. W^m Simmons D. of War. Accountant's Office L^t Robert Rowan Nov^r 10. 1795. West Point. Sir, I have to acknowledge the Rec[eipt] of your letter of the 15^th Inst enclosing your Rec[eipt] for [?] Dollars. I now return that mentioned in my la[st] Letter to you. I am Sir &c. W^m Simmons