Rufus Putnam Esq^r Marietta Sir! Accountants Office Sept^r 16. 1796 I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 22 ults enclosing the pay & Subsistence Abstracts which were some time since forward to you from this Office, with your Certificates annexed. The certificates appear to me to be quite to the point, but as the final Examination of the accounts does not rest in this Office I will refer the same to the Heads of the Department and if they coincide in opinion with me the amount will be passed to the credit of Col^l Sproat. In the mean time, give me leave to assure I am with due respect &c. W.M. Simmons clk Capt. Russell Bissell. Presque Isle. Accountants Office Sept. 16. 1796 Sir Received yours of the 6^th ults which was omitted to be answered before now. The Seventy two Dollars for pay & Forage of D^r Balfour has been passed to your Credit & charged to Major Isaac Craig. The Muster Rolls you mention [the] [undecipherable] are received, and after Examination will be passed to your Credit. I am &c W.m Simmons clk Caleb Swan Esq^r Head Quarters of The Army Sir Accountants Office Sept^r 15. 1796 I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1^st July last enclosing a Duplicate of Gen^l Wilkinson's Letter to you on the subject of Forage being paid to Sub-legionary Pay & Quarter Masters, in which he differs from the opinion of the Attorney General — and has accordingly directed you in opposition thereto to make these payments — All I have to observe on the subject is that on the examination of the accounts