[209.] John Kelly Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Sept^r 29^th 1796 Baltimore Maryland Sir! I received your letter of the 26^th inst. enclosing Lieut^d Jonathan Robeson's Receipts for one hundred & twenty two Dollars ₁₀₀/; which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Sept 29^th Supervisor New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Fifty two Dollars, which you will please to pay to Horatio R. Dayton at Elizabethtown; being on account of his pay, & for which you will take his duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. Lieut Horatio R. Dayton Accountants Office Elizabethtown Sept^r 29^th 1796 Sir You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York the sum of Fifty two Dollars, being an advance made on account of your pay & for which you will sign duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor. As there is a considerable unsettled account of yours on the Books of this Office, you will be pleased to transmit your receipts & vouchers as early as possible, in order that an examination may take place & the amount thereof passed to your Credit accordingly. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. N.B. your pay for the month of August has been transmitted to West point.