[293] to you. Of this however I will inform you by Post in due time. For a copy of this Deed enclosed see I am &c Col. Hensley's Accounts & Vouchers N. 14. Indexed W.^m Simmons "Deed for the Lot purchased of Col.^o White" Acct Isaac Craig Esq.^r Accountant's Office Pittsburg Dec 23^d 1796 Sir Agreeably to what I wrote to you last Post I now have to inform you that a Warrant has issued, for two thousand five hundred Dollars on account of the Pay &c of the Troops in your Quarter — This sum will be remitted to you in a Post Note by Samuel Lewis Clk in this Office, for which you will forward your receipt, holding yourself accountable for the due application thereof — I have thought this mode of Remittance preferable to any other, as you can negotiate the Business with Gen.^l Nevill so as to suit you Both: you by receiving the Cash, & he by making use of the Note as a remittance. I am &c W.^m Simmons Acct Jonathan Jackson Esq.^r Accountant's Office Supt — Boston Dec 26^th 1796 Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 19^th instant enclosing Cap.^t Rich.^d W. [undecipherable: probable reading Greaton's] acct for sixty seven Dollars & [undecipherable] for which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c W.^m Simmons Acct John Chester Esq.^r Accountant's Office Supt Weathersfield Dec.^r 26^th 1796 Connecticut Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 18^th instant enclosing [Capt]