John Chester Esq^r Supervisor Connecticut Accountants Office Aug^t 16. 1796. Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred & forty eight Dollars & ninety one Cents which you will please to pay to Captain Edward Miller at Middletown, (being for the pay of himself & men for the month of July 1796.) and take his duplicate receipt to be accountable for the due application thereof. I am &c W^m Simmons Ac^t --- Cap^{t n} Edward Miller Middletown Connecticut Accountants Office Aug^t 16. 1796. Sir John Chester Esq^r Supervisor Connecticut will pay you the sum of one hundred and forty eight Dollars & ninety one Cents, being for the pay of yourself and Men for the month of July 1796 for which sum you will give your duplicate receipts to be accountable for the Disbursement thereof agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Rolls. I am &c W^m Simmons Ac^t P.S. You have charged the Pay of Lieu^t Russell 30 Dollars p^r month instead of 26 Dls. which makes a Difference of 8 Dollars — this together with a small Error in your pay Rolls will account for difference as stated by you --- Decius Wadsworth Esq^r Hartford [Sir] Accountants Office August 16. 1796. Sir I have received your letter of the 14^th Inst. and have to inform you that your pay for the month of June has been transmitted to West Point to Lieu^t Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master at that Post. You can therefore draw on him who will attend to it. I am &c W^m Simmons Ac^t