[188] Captⁿ D.G. Mitchell Weathersfield Connecticut. Accountants Office Sept. 7. 1796. Sir I rec^d your Letter of the 1^st Instant enclosing your Subsistence Account for August 1796, which together with your pay for said period amount to Fifty six D.^{rs 74}/₁₀₀. You will receive the above from John Chester Esq.^r Sup.^r Connecticut giving him duplicate receipts as usual: I am &c Wm Simmons Act. John Chester Esq.^r Supervisor Weathersfield Connecticut Accountants Office Sept.^r 7^th 1796 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of fifty six Dollars ⁷⁴/₁₀₀ which you will please to pay to Capt. D.G. Mitchell of the Corps of Art.^y being for his pay & Sub.^s for August 1796 & take his duplicate receipts therefor. I am Sir &c. Wm Simmons Mr. Jas Van Ingen Albany Sir Accountants Office Sept.^r 7^th 1796 I herewith send you a post Note for the sum of Five hundred twenty three Dollars and fifty eight Cents, being the amount of your account for the Storage of the Powder which I will thank you to inform me of the Receipt of it. I am &c W^m Simmons Mr. John Bryant Springfield Massachusets Sir Accountants Office Sept.^r 8^th 1796. James Melvin late a Matross in Col. Cranes Reg.^t of Artillery, has long since rendered a Claim