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 Sprig - - - - - - 90 322 amounting in th[e] whole to three hundred & twenty two Dollars which will be pass[ed] to your Credit on the Books of this Office I am &a W^m Simmons Ac^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 appli- cation to the War Office and procured for you, Official Copies of th[e] 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. W^m Simmons Ac^t Capt. Staats Morris West Point New York Accountants Office Aug 25 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 Ac. 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 Re[undecipherable] As regards the Certificate of Cap^t Miller on the Subject of Oliver Thornton — I have to observe that in cases of this [undecipherable]