Petersburg 8^th July 1796 Sir I have received your letter of the 30^th Ultimo by which the several amounts you have placed to my credit appears — Ensⁿ Thompson was paid on his being ordered from this post by Gen^l Wayne and I supposed his account was well authenticated by the special Certificate of Col^o Butler which I presume of perceives a necessity of transmitting the small Vouchers relative to M^r Thompson's account and which were deposited in Col^o Butler's hands to whom I shall apply for them — but if these small papers have been supposed of little importance I therefore not taken care of, I shall not shortly have an opportunity of seeing Gen^l Thompson or of obtaining any further Evidence of the propriety of his several charges. Doctor Balfour says he relinquishes only a certain amount of his Pay up to the commencement of the present year and from that time he insists on being paid with the Garrison of Pasquiule. I shall however transmit him an extract of your letter so far as it respects him and directs Cap^t Befield to take Notice of it in his future rolls. I shall attend to your instructions respecting the transmission of contingent accounts for examination at your Office: But I am apprehensive that the Measure will occasion disagreeable delays in many cases. Sam^l Sir Your ob^t S^t [signature] William Simmons Ag^t Acc^o War Dep^t