at this Office charging pay as Matross and Turner while Station'd at the Laboratory at Springfield in the year 1782 & 1783 under your Direction — he now applies for a Settlement but I have no Muster Roll or Document in this Office to check his account, will therefore thank you to inform me whether there is any thing due to him and how much, and the Circumstances why his Claim was not Settled at the time he was discharged or any other information relative to his Claim you may think proper. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct James Triplett Cadet Accountants Office Norfolk Sept. 8^th 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 31^st ulto enclosing your the receipt Roll of yourself & men for July and pay, & Muster Roll for Aug.^t 1796. The Rec.^t Roll has been examined amounting to Thirty Dollars which will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. The Pay of yourself and men for Aug.^t 1796 amounts to Twenty nine Dollars [undecipherable] which you will receive from Edward Carrington Sup.^r Virginia giving him duplicate Rects as usual I Disburse the same agreeably to the enclosed Rect. Rolle. I am &c. W.^m Simmons Acct. Edward Carrington Esq.^r Accountants Office Sup.^r Richmond Sept. 8^th 1796 Virginia Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of Twenty nine Dollars [undecipherable] which you will please to pay to James Triplett Cadet being for the Pay of himself & men at Fort Norfolk for August 1796 and take his duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c. W.^m Simmons Caleb Swan P.M. to the Troops Accountants Office U.S. via Fort Washington Sept.^r 10^th 1796 N.W.T. Greenville Sir Enclosed is an Extract of Warrants in continuation from the 19^th July to the 9^th Inst for your Government. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. Lieut. W^m. Willson Accountants Office Governors Island Sept. 10^th 1796 New York Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 7^th inst enclosing your Rect. Roll for August 1796 amounting to one hundred twenty Dollars ⁵²/₁₀₀ which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am Sir &c W^m Simmons Acct. Capt. Alex.^r Gibson — Accountants Office Staunton Sept.^r 10^th 1796 Virginia Sir I received your letters of the 27^th & 25^th ulto enclosing your Recruiting Rects and Rect. Rolls which will be placed under Examination as soon as the Business of the Office will admit and the Balance found due appropriated agreeably to yours of the 28^th ulto. and you informed thereof. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. M^r. John Field Accountants Office Merch.^t Sept.^r 10. 1796 Philad.^a Sir Having repeatedly sent to your Counting house for the Balance due the United States by Capt. M^r Powers without effect. I now have to inform you that unless the Balance is paid shortly a suit will be commenced against Capt. Power. I give you this information that you may