pay you, John Parker & W^m Johnstone the sum of One hundred & thirty five Doll^s being for your & their pay from 1^st January to 30^th September 1796 & for which each of you will give him Receipts accordingly. Enclosed you have Blank Muster & Pay Rolls: You will therefore transmit a Muster (which you must make oath to before a Magistrate) and pay Roll to this Office every two months, and the money will be remitted to James Read Esq^r who will pay you the same. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t James Read Esq^r Collector Wilmington North Carolina Accountants Office Oct^r 19^th 1796 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One hundred & thirty five Dollars, which you will please to pay to Sergt Philip Williams, John Parker & William Johnstone of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Fort Johnstone, being for their pay from 1^st Jan^y to 30^th Sept. 1796, and take their Receipts for the same agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Roll; which, as soon as receipted, you will be pleased to transmit to this Office in order that the amount thereof may be passed to your Credit; I am induced to give you this trouble of paying the men individually, they having no Officer with them & not knowing any other person in your quarter with whom I can intrust this business. I am &c W^m Simmons acct Edw^d Carrington Esq^r Supt Richmond — Virginia Accountants Office Oct^r 20^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your Letter of the 14^th inst. enclosing Capt Alex^r Gibson's receipt for D^rs 506 ⁶⁴/₁₀₀ Cadet James Triplett — — — — — — — 29 ¹³/₁₀₀ amounting to — — Dollars — 535 ⁷⁷/₁₀₀ which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c W^m Simmons acct.