Nicholas Irish Esq^r 4^th New York Accountants Office Aug 20^th 1796 Sir I received your Letter of the 19^th inst. enclosing the following rec^ts viz: Dollars Lieut. W^m Wilsons for 120 Ditto ........... 112 Frederick Spriz -------- 90 322 amounting in the whole to three hundred & twenty two Dollars which will be pass'd to your Credit on the Books of this Office I am &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t Samuel Cabell Esq^r Virginia Accountants Office Aug. 22. 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 4^th inst. and have agreeably to the request contained therein, made application to the War Office and procured for you, Official Copies of the Powers of Attorney upon which the Land Warrants due to William & Robert Guardes Esq^rs were issued for their services as Officers in the Virginia Line, which Copies I enclose to you and am &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t Capt. Staats Morris West Point New York Accountants Office Aug. 28. [17—] Sir I received your Letter of the 15^th Inst. enclosing the Inlistments of two Recruits & a Certificate of Capt. Miller. The former has enabled me to make an examination of your Acc^t of Recruiting & you will accordingly receive from Nicholas Irish Sup^r Thirty two Dollars, the amount thereof, for which sum you will give your duplicate Rec^t. As regards the Certificate of Capt. Miller on the Subject of Oliver Thornton — I have to observe that in cases of this [undecipherable]