are requested to inquire into the Subject, and if so, you will cause him to refund the amount to you. Jam &c: W^m Simmons Acc^t Edward Carrington Esq^r Dep^t Richmond Virginia Accountants Office Jan^y 10^th 1797 Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 31 Ultimo enclosing the Receipt of Capt. Alexander Gibson for Five hundred and thirty two Dollars Too. which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office. Jam &c: W^m Simmons Acc^t Fred. Freyphelgrimfe Baltimore Accountants Office Jan^y 10^th 1797 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 4^th Inst enclosing your Receipt Roll for Payments to your Detachment for the month of Nov^r 1796 the amount will be suspended being not individually to you; forward the Receipt of Corporal Brown. Jam &c: W^m Simmons Acc^t Col. Presley Nevill late Pay Mast^r Gen^l Militia Army Accountants Office Jan^y 11^th 1797 Sir There are now lodged in this Office a large number of Officers Accounts (who served on the Western Expedition) for arrears of Forage or Subsistence, which they say is due to them — The frequent and almost hourly application for a settlement renders it in the highest degree necessary that the Pay Masters of that Expedition should settle their