Nicholas Irish Esq^r 4^th New York Accountants Office Aug^t 20^th 1796 Sir I received your Letter of the 19^th ins[t] enclosing, the following rec^ts viz Dollars Lieu^t Wm Wilsons for 120 Ditto ........... 112 Frederick Spriz --------- 90 322 amounting in the whole to three hundred & twenty two Dollars which will be placed to your Credit on the Books of this Office Sam'l a. Wm Simmons Ac^t Samuel Cabell Esq^r Virginia Accountants Office Aug^t 22. 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 4^th ins[t] and have agreeably to the request contained therein, made appli- cation 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 ser- vices as Officers in the Virginia Line, which Copies I enclose to you and am &c. Wm Simmons Ac^t Capt. Staats Morris West Point New York Accountants Office Aug^t 28. [17]9[6] Sir I received your Letter of the 15^th Inst. enclosing, the Inlistments of two Recruits & a Certificate of Cap^t Miller. The former has enabled me to make an exa- mination of your A/c of Recruiting & you will accordingly receive from Nicholas Irish Sup^t thirty two Dollars, the am[ount] thereof; for which sum you will give your duplicate Rec[eipt] As regards the Certificate of Cap^t Miller on the Subject of Oliver Thornton — I have to observe that in cases of this [ki]nd