[344] forgot to settle at the Treasury, but as M^r Hodgdon's appointment will not warrant his making any positive promises to be settled at this Office, Therefore submit to the Sec of War whether in the present instance he would not be proper to advance of the Treasurer as ordered by M^r [undecipherable] and let the whole be charged to the Contingencies of the War Department without exhausting the Vouchers, and that on failure he may be directed to refer any claims against this Department immediately here for settlement, that the accounts may all be entered under their heads of expenditures without but his interfering & making the advances. Wm Simmons Acct. P^d 22^d [undecipherable] The Sec^y of War Accountants Office Jan^y 16^th 1796 I certify that there is due to Lieut. [undecipherable] the sum of [undecipherable] 186 Dollars & [undecipherable] being for his pay & Subsistance for Nov^r 1 Dec 1796 which sum is payable to M^rs Beckham & Reed [undecipherable] Assignees to Half [undecipherable] pay pr. Order P^d 66 [undecipherable] The Sec^y of War Wm Simmons Acct. Accountants Office Jan^y 29^th 1797 I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Janua[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of twelve [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at one hundred [undecipherable] Dollars being for thirty [undecipherable] from 25^th [undecipherable] to 24^th August [undecipherable] inclusive which sum is payable to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Assignees [undecipherable] Acct. The Sec^y of War