Nicholas Fish Esq^r } Accountants Offi[ce] Sup^t New York } Aug^t 20^th 179[6] Sir I received your letter of the 19^th ins[t] enclosing the following rec^ts viz: Dollars Lieut^t Wm Wilsons for 120 Ditto . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Frederick Sprig - - - - - - - 90 322 amounting in th[e] whole to three hundred & twenty two Dollars which will be pas[sed] to your Credit on the Books of this Office; I am &c Wm Simmons Acc^t Samuel Cabell Esq^r } Accountants Offic[e] Virginia, } Aug^t 22. 179[6] 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 Quarles 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[c^t] Capt. Staats Morris Accountants Offic[e] West Point Aug^t 23^d 17[96] New York 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 Fish Sup^t Thirty two Dollars, the am[ount] thereof, for which sum you will give your duplicate Re[c^t] As regards the Certificate of Capt. Miller on the Subject of Oliver Thornton — I have to observe that in cases of this ki[nd]