Cap^tn Daniel Britt Accountants Office Sir August 18^th 1796 Your accounts as pay master having long since be[en] examined and the Balance due the United States ascertained, I have again to request that you will attend to the final settle[ment] of the same, or I shall be under the necessity of reporting the case to the Secretary of War, who will make a representation ther[eof] to the Commander in Chief — I am &c Wm Simmons John Kilty Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor August 18^th 1796 Maryland Sir I received your letter of the 16^th Inst. enclosing Lieut^t Jonathan Robeson receipt for Eighty nine Dollars: which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office I am &c. Wm Simmons Acc^t Col^o Wm Heth Accountants Office Shellilah August 18^th 1796 Richmond Virginia Sir Your Letter of the 15^th also to the Sec^y of W[ar] was handed to me — I have in answer thereto to inform you that your accounts as Agent to the Virginia Militia must first be presented to Presley Neville Esq^r P.M.G. who will examine them and report thereon, subject to a revision at this Office where they will be finally settled & entered. — In the mean time any Balance which you may have in your hands may be refu[rn]ed to the Treasurer of the United States and the amount will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. Your accou[nts &] Vouchers may be forwarded to this Office where Col^o Nevill[e] will on his arrival in this City receive them.