will take the opinion of the Heads of Departments and if they are of opinion that the amount should be passed to your Credit it shall be done. I am &c. : W^m Simmons Acc^t Lieu^t Jonathan Robeson Accountants Office Baltimore Sept^r 17. 1796 Sir! I received your Letter of the 12^th inst. enclosing the pay Roll of yourself and men for August 1796 which has been examined & amounts to one hundred Dollars & six Cents (you having charged James Bentley's pay ⁶/100 short) which sum you will receive from John Kilby Esq^r. Supervisor Maryland, as well as the sum of twenty six Dollars on account of your pay for this month. You will therefore observe to give duplicate receipts for each sum to be accountable as usual. I am &c. W^m Simmons John Kilby Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Sept^r 17. 1796 Maryland Sir! The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred twenty six Dollars & [interlined: which you will please to pay to Lieu^tt. Jon^t. Robeson of Baltimore] ⁶/100. One hundred Dollars & ⁶/100 thereof being for the pay of himself and men for August 1796 and the remaining 26 dollars on account of his pay for this month; for both which sums you will take his duplicate receipts seperately to be accountable therefor. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t John Chester Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Sept^r 19. 1796 Weathersfield Connecticut Sir! I received your letter of the 15^th inst. enclosing Captain Donald G. Mitchells receipt for fifty [undecipherable] Dollars and seventy four Cents which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this office I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t