James Triplett, Cadet Fort Norfolk Virginia [Accountants Office] [278] Oct 4^th 1796 Sir I received your Letter of the 26 ulto. enclosing your Must Roll for August 1796 which has been examined and amounts to twenty nine Dollars & thirteen Cents, which will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c W^m Simmons acc^t Lieut Col. Stephen Rochefontaine West Point New York Accountants Office Oct 5 1796 Sir The necessity for Officers settling their Accounts from the many calls of Soldiers for Arrears of Bounty &c must appear obvious to you. — There are Officers belonging to your Corps who have been repeatedly called upon without effect to make a Settlement. I have therefore to request that you will direct such Officers who are at West Point and who have not complied with my request to forward their accounts & Vouchers without delay to this Office for settlement. Among the Officers called upon was Cap^t Thompson & Lieut Dayton, it would be well in every case to call upon Officers to make a Settlement before they are ordered on command — they might be directed to lodge their Accounts & Vouchers with the Pay Master, and report any Balance appearing due from them. The Account to be subject to a revision & Correction if necessary at this Office. This may be done where Officers are ordered off before they could have time to forward the accounts here and wait the result. This dispersed situation is when on command will make it much more difficult to collect their Accounts, and receive any Balance which they may have in their Hands, than when they are at West Point. Your attention to those objects is particularly requested. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Sup^t Boston Accountants Office Oct 5^th 1796 Sir I received your Letter of the 28. ulto. inclosing Cap^t George Ingersoll's receipt for one Hundred & fifty Dollars, which Sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c W^m Simmons