Pay Master. The advance of pay & subsistence was made to him to enable him to leave Town for the Army. — I forward you those papers that you may be prepa- red on his arrival at the Army to make the necessary deductions from the Pay Role, of which you will forward me in the usual form a Certificate of such Stoppages I am &c W^m Simmons Acct The Hon^ble Accountants Office Theodore Foster Esq^r Oct. 18^th 1796 Providence Rhode Island D^r Sir I had the honour of receiving your letter of the 6^th inst on the subject of the Claims of the Administrator to the Estate of Peter Harris deceased, late a Soldier in the Rhode Island line, which I reported the 18^th of April 1792 as bound by the Acts of Limitation — a summary of which I have returned & herewith enclose Report by which you will see that the Act of the 22^d July 1787 required that abstract of all Claims should be exhibited within a certain given period, and that the Act of the 27^th March 1792, suspended the operation of the Limitation only for two years ending on 27 March 1792. All Claims rendered under those Acts were entered on a Register kept for that purpose, of which a Copy was furnished immediately after the expiration thereof to the Department of the Treasury exhibiting a particular Abstract of each Claim — That of Peter Harris was not entered thereon, neither could it either from M^r [undecipherable] Letter of the 15^th of March or 2^d of April 1794. The Construction of the Limitation Acts has fixed an established rule in the Office, which cannot be deviated from short of an Act of Congress. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct Lieut John Saunders Accountants Office Fort Norfolk Oct 17. 1796 near Norfolk Virginia Sir I received your letter of the 11^th Inst, enclosing a Certificate of the Contractor for your returned Rations, which arrived too late to forward the Money by this Post — it will however be sent to the Sup^t by the next Post, as well as your Pay for the months you have due you I am &c W^m Simmons Acct