for the Pay of yourself & men for Sept & October 1796 — the remaining 8^th is an advance for the Bounty & Premiums of the Recruit you inlisted — you will on the Receipt thereof, give your duplicate receipts therefor — and after you have paid the men their pay and the Recruit the balance of his bounty, you will forward the receipts to this Office. I am &c Peter Hagner Prin^l Clk Capt Edward Miller Middletown Connecticut Accountants Office Nov^r 1^st 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 7^th Inst^t enclosing your Muster & Pay Rolls for Oct^r 1796. The Pay Roll has been examined; and after deducting six cents therefrom being an over charge in James Brown & Joseph Pettes [pay] amounts to One Hundred & eleven Dollars & ⁹⁴/₁₀₀ which sum you will receive from John Chester Esq^r Supervisor, Weathersfield Connecticut, on giving him duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. The Letter for Capt Bissell will be forwarded by this day's post. I am &c Peter Hagner Prin^l Clk John Chester Esq^r Supervisor Weathersfield Connecticut Accountants Office Nov^r 1^st 1796 Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of One hundred & eleven Dollars ⁹⁴/₁₀₀ — which you will please to pay to Capt Edward Miller at Middletown, being for the pay of himself, Lieu^t Daniel Bissell, and the men under the Command of Capt Miller for October 1796, and to take his duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c Peter Hagner Prin^l Clk