Accountants Office September 16^th 1796 Sir I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 22^d ulto enclosing the Pay & Subsistence Abstracts (which were some time since forwarded to you from this Office.) with your Certificate annexed. The Certificate appears 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 Departments, and if they coincide in opinion with me the amount will be passed to the Credit of C^olo [undecipherable: probable reading "Sproat"]. In the mean time give me leave to assure you I am with due respect, Sir Your Mo. ob^t Ser^vt [undecipherable] — Acct^t Rufus Putnam Esquire Marietta 11 [Endorsement on cover, rotated: Simmons let^r Sept. 16 1796] [Stamp: 1796 / Sept. 16]