Capt William Preston Lynchburg Virginia Accountants Office January 25. 1797 Sir Herewith you will receive a packet containing Muster & Pay Rolls for the use of the Detachment under your command. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. Captain Edward Miller Middletown Connecticut Accountants Office January 25. 1797 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 20^th inst, enclosing the Rec^t Roll of yourself, S.^t Daniel Bissell and the Recruits under your command for November 1796, which has been examined and the amount thereof will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office. P.S. The Letters for Cap^t Bissell will be forwarded the first opportunity. I am &c W. Simmons Acct. Lieut Col Stephen Rochefontaine West Point New York Accountants Office January 25. 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 19^th inst enclosing a due Bill of Captain Gambles in favor of Dennis Shean for Balance of Bounty. On examination of the sum paid on the due Bill, the Indorsement appears to have been Five Dollars paid yet has been altered to Two Dollars. I recollect the Claimant applying to this Office, & I refused him any satisfaction, as the alteration appeared obvious with an Intention of Fraud. It will however with the other Claims be laid before the Administrators of Gambles Estate, & the result communicated to you. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. C. P. [undecipherable] Assistant Store Keeper Springfield Accountants Office January 26^th. 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 20^th instant enclosing your Account for Compensation from 1^st October 1796 to 1^st February 1797. As you are to receive your Salary in quarterly Payments, I have made up your pay only to the 31^st December 1796, which amounts to Ninety dollars, and will be remitted to you in post Notes by Samuel Lewis Clerk of the War Office. I am &c W. Simmons Acct. Dwight Foster Esq^r Chairman Committee of Claims Accountants Office Jan^y 26^th. 1797 Dear Sir Agreeably to the request contained in your Note to me of the 23^d Ins^t. I have examined the Petition of William Matthews, and was not a little surprized at the large demand he claims against the United States, particularly when it is in a great measure supported by so many respectable names as signers in behalf of his Petition. — his Claims are of four descriptions — viz^t 1^st a Charge for his pay as a Clerk to the Commissary of Purchases in Georgia from the 1^st March 1777 to 1^st Jan^y 1778 ———— Doll^s 400.— 2^d — for his pay as Com^r. of Musters from 3^d Jan^y 78 to 2^d Sep^r 83 —— 3600.— 3^d — for 5 years full pay in lieu of half pay for life (commonly called commutation) ———————————————————————— 2700.— 4^th for Interest calculated up to the 3^d Oct^r 1792 ——————————————————— 4208.70                                                                                   10908.70 Deducting Principal & Interest Credited by him Amounting to ————————————— 199.60           Balance claimed by him of — Dollars 10709.¹⁰/₁₀₀                                                                                                   To