Middletown July 17^th 1796 S^ir I have received your letter of the 9^th. and 13. Inst. Agreeable to the contents, have received of John Chester Esq^r. Supervisor for Connecticut the sum of Three Hundred and sixty dollars, for the use of the Recruiting Service Also a further sum of one Hundred and thirty seven Dollars, being Pay for myself and men at this place, for the months of May, and June 1796. and transmit you the Receipt Role for the [strikethrough: last mention-] -id, of one Hundred and thirty seven Dollars — I am your Obedient Humble Ser^t. Edward Miller Cap^t. [address panel:] [#14 Edward Miller w^o D^o Jun^g rec^d 8^th Janu^ry William Simmons one Dft. due Adjustment of the Acct. of Miller] W^m Simmons Esq^r Act^g. Department War