Capt. Geo. Ingersoll Accountants Office Boston Sept. 14. 1796 Sir! I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 3^d inst. and am sorry that there should be any difference of opinion on the propriety of the charges on your Subsistence account, — the price you charge while in Boston cannot possibly be admitted, — it cannot be considered the price of a ration from the circumstances that rations were furnished in that place — A gentleman in Boston who supplied a small recruiting party with rations was certainly allow'd the price you charge but could not be considered the value of a ration at that place, — the party he furnished was so small that it was not an object for any one to undertake the furnishing of rations without an advanced price — these were the circumstances under which the price was allowed in Boston and in my opinion should not govern the Price to be allowed an Officer on furlough, — the price of rations in this City where provisions are as high as any place on the Continent are but 15 Cents — this I shall be willing to allow you while in Boston and shall adjust your account accordingly and in a few days transmit you a Copy of the Statement made in this Office, in the meantime have thought proper to make you an advance of one hundred & fifty Dollars which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Sup^r Massachusetts on giving him duplicate Receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c Wm Simmons