George Fleming Esq^r West Point — New York Accountants Office Oct 22^d 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 18^th Inst enclosing your account Current — as well as a Contingent Account & Vouchers — which will be placed under examination. — On a slight perusal of your account I find you have introduced Charges which are improper to be settled here. — One is that of the purchase of Wood which you received the Money for from the Treasury. — I will in a few days inform you of the Arrangement of your Accounts which will take place as early as the Circumstances of the Case will admit of. I have not been a little Surprised on the perusal of the Account of 756⁷²/₁₀₀ D^os you settled with M^r Fresman at the Charges contained therein — When I informed you in my letter of the 11^th June last, relative to making small Advances for pressing Deserters I had no intention of giving you unlimited authority for settling accounts of Officers for that purpose to the amount of fifty or sixty Pounds, as appears in your account. — It is a thing unprecedented here; and until the Circumstances are explained on what Account such amazing sums have been expended, the Account will remain unsettled. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct S^t Manning J Visscher Fort Stanwix Accountants Office Oct 22^d 1796 Sir On the other side you have duplicate of my letter to you of the 25^th ulto to which you are requested particularly to attend. — I have rec^d your letter of the 18^th Inst I am &c W. Simmons Acct