Will^m Polk Esq^r Sup^t — Charlotte North Carolina Accountants Office Jan. 16^th 1797 Sir I duly rec^d your letter of the 15^th Nov. on the subject of Ensign Polk's account, in answer to which I have to inform you, that on a reference to Capt. Montfort's Accounts (who was the Commanding Officer at Halifax) I find he has a Credit for the Bounty & Premium for Inlisting those men mentioned in your letter to have been Inlisted by Ensign Polk; and that the men so Inlisted were supplied by the Contractor for the time they were at the Rendezvous, as appears by the Returns of Capt. Montfort; that the Contractor also paid the amount of Ensign Polk's subsistence for Eleven months. The probability therefore is, that he received all the Rations due him to the time he left the Rendezvous. no Claims can be admitted on this head. I have settled his Pay for one year agreeably to the enclosed copy of the Account Current, and paid the Balance agreeably to your Power of Attorney to John Steel Esq^r & taken his Rect. accordingly. I am &c W. Simmons Acct