Rent of the range of Stores on Steinmetz wharf and the Ground rent in Campington can be ascertained it will be proper for you to produce the Authority on which the charges we made — I am &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t Io^s Jackson Esq^r Accountants Office Spr^d Massachusetts February 9^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 24^th Ultimo enclosing your account for Commissions on receiving and paying monies from this Department between the 27^th July and 17^th December 1796 amounting to thirty two dollars 4⁷/₁₀₀ which sum you will receive from the Treasurer of the United States, and the further sum of Two Hundred and Eighty Eight dollars ⁷⁹/₁₀₀, which you will please to pay to John Bryant Deputy Commissory of Military Stores, at Springfield, being the amount of Expenditures in the Ordnance Department and for his Compensation to 31 December 1796 and take his duplicate receipts therefor. P.S. Enclosed is a form of an account I am &c. Current by which you will be guided W^m Simmons in making your future statements. Acc^t John Bryant Department of War Dep^t Commis^y MilitaryStores Accountants Office Springfield Massachusetts February 9^th 1797 Sir — I have received your letter of the 2^d Inst with Vouchers enclosed. Your account has been examined and found right