[269/3] your Credit — if any of the men remain unpaid you will be pleased to note the cause opposite their names on the Must Rolls. — I am &^c W^m Simmons Acct Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Office Sup^r — Virginia Nov^r 28^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your letters of the 21^st Inst — On the one enclosing the draft of W^m Graves, I have to observe that before payment can be made, he must state his account from the commencement of his services, and credit such sums, as he has received on account of whom — when I receive this Statement, an examination will take place, and the Balance remitted through your hands as you desire. He commenced his [undecipherable] on the 1^st April 1796. The object I have in view is to know how & when he received his Settlement previous to that day. The account of William Rose, I have deemed admissible as you have stated the circumstances relating thereto, & a Warrant has accordingly issued for the amount thereof, being forty Dollars ³¹/₁₀₀ which sum you are requested to pay him & forward his Receipt therefor. As respects apprehending deserters. There is a regulation existing here to allow a premium of two Dollars for apprehending each, that is, when they are taken by persons, not in pay of the United States, for instance an Officer or Soldier is never allowed the premium. His Expenses, if he has received any [underline: extra], are generally allowed. If therefore any person has a claim of this nature, you may inform them, that if they produce the necessary Proof of the Desertion & their apprehending him, the account will be paid at this Office to the Claimant or his Attorney on the terms plus above stated. I am &^c W^m Simmons Acct