Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Offi[ce] Sup^t New York } Aug^t 20^th 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 19^th ins[t] enclosing the following rect^s viz: Dollars Lieut.^nt W^m Wilsons for 120 Ditto ---------- 112 Frederick Sprig ------- 90 322 amounting in th[e] whole to three hundred & twenty two Dollars which will bepa[ssed] to your Credit on the Books of this Office; I am &c W^m Simmons Act.^t Samuel Cabell Esq^r Accountants Office Virginia, Aug^t 22. 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 4^th ins[t] and have agreeably to the request contained therein, made appl[i]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 Quarles Esq^rs were issued for their ser[v]ices as Officers in the Virginia Line, which Copies I enclose to you and am &c. W^m Simmons Act[.] Capt. Staats Morris Accountants Offic[e] West Point Aug.^t 23^d [1796] 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[m]mination of your Ac^c. 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 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]