[334] Samuel Meredith Esq^r Department of War Treas^r U. S. — Accountant's Office December 9^th 1795 Sir — Inclosed is a Receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in the State of Georgia, amounting to fifty four Dollars and 50/100, also a Warrant for that Sum being for the incidental and contingent Expenses for the Department to which Warrant the Receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the Request of the Comptroller of the Treasury. — I am Sir y^r [undecipherable] William Simmons [The Comptroller. Department of War the Treasury] Accountant's Office Decem^r 10^th 1795 Sir On the 21^st October last I wrote to the Secretary of the Treasury requesting that I might be furnished with instructions for keeping the Accounts of the Navy: at this Office which letter I have since been informed was referred to you. — I have, therefore to request Sir, that you will be pleased to furnish me with such instructions, that I may be enabled to settle the accounts which have been settled here before the end of the present year. — I am Sir Your most Ob^t S^t William Simmons