[939] Isaac Craig Esq^r Accountant's Office Pittsburg Dec^r 8^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 21^st Nov^r enclosing a Rect of Lieu^t Merewether Lewis for Forty Dollars which sum as well as Twenty five Dollars, which he says he rec^d from Peter O'Brian, Deputy Quarter Master Gen^l at Detroit on the f^t Ulto have been passed to your credit on the Books of this Office on the settlement of his account. Having no account open on the Books of this Office for Peter O'Brian, I have passed the Money to your Credit as you are concerned in that Department & probably would have it in your power to credit him with the amount on your Books I am &c W^m Simmons Acct^t Edw^d Carrington Esq^r Accountant's Office Sup^t — Virginia Dec^r 8^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 19^th Ultimo enclosing a Receipt of Lieut Jn^o Saunders for seventy seven Dollars 60/100 paid him, which sum will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office Respectfully I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. Dan^l Stevens Esq^r Accountant's Office Sup^t — Charleston Dec^r 8^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 9^th Ultimo enclosing your account Current for Monies received from the Treasury in the Quarter ending 30^th Sep^t — The amount being so small I have deemed it advisable to