[William Simmons Esquire Accountant of the War Department Philadelphia] [Notation upper right, partially obscured: Office D[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 3 2 —] Presqu'Isle Aug^t 1796 Sir I enclose you a Receit Roll of my Detachment, for the Months of March and April 96. The Amount of [undecipherable] which, is Recited is Six hundred & sixty six dollars. the amount of the Pay Roll for the same Months is Seven hundred Fifty six dollars, leaving a ballance of Ninety Dollars, not Accounted for in the Receit Roll. Seventy five of which, I have delivered to Isaac Craighead Esq^r and have transmitted his Receit, to your Office, for the Same. Ten dollars still remains in my hands, it being sent forward for the Pay of [undecipherable: probable reading "Lieut."] Johnston a [undecipherable: probable reading "Drummer"] in my Detachment, who had been Discharg'd Previously to my having received the Pay for him. eight Dollars [ink blot obscures text] remaining in my hands, Occasioned by the Desertion of [undecipherable] [undecipherable], which took place before the Pay was brought forward for my Detachment; When the Muster and Pay Rolls are examined, will thank you to pass the Amount of the Receit Rolls to my Credit with great respect I am Sir your ob'd Servant R. Bissell Cap^t 3 Sub. Legion W^m Simmons Esq^r