pursuement thereof agreeably to the enclosed receipt Note I am &c William Simmons Ensⁿ Charles Masting Department of War Fort Le Boeuf Accountants Office May 4. 1796 Sir I received your Letter of the 20 ult^o together with your Account and Vouchers accompanying it which will be kept under Examination and the Balance if any due you will be remitted by next post together with the additional Bounties due to your Detachment — I am &c William Simmons Joshua Wentworth Esq^r Department of War Accountants Office Sir May 6. 1796 I have received your Letter of the 2^d ult^o enclosing James Hacketts Receipt for five hundred Dollars and returned the Balance for one hundred eighty seven Dollars and fifty Cents which sums will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office — I am &c William Simmons Capt Nicols Department of War Accountants Office Dear Sir May 7. 1796 I have the pleasure to transmit to you a Copy of a Letter from the Secretary of War to Col. Rocke fontaine. I do not suppose the Col. will have any Objection to your taking back the two little Boys that you brought from Georgies if he has and it is your wish to have them Return with —