Treasury Department Registers Office 17^th August 1796 Sir, I have been instructed by the Secretary of the Treasury to prepare the Estimates for an Appropriation of Monies by Congress for the services of the ensuing year, and therefore request that the Estimate for the expenses of your Office may be forwarded to this Office I am Sir, Your most Obedient & Most humble Servant Joseph Nourse [address leaf:] William Simmons Esq^r Accountant of the War Department [docket:] from } Treasury of the Secretary, requesting an estimate the Expenses of the Office for the year 1797 answ^d. 22^d Sept 1796 to William Simmons Accountant of the War Dep^t