Capt.^t James Cooper Accountants Office Sir January 31.^st 1797  You stand charged on the Books of this Office with the sum of Two Hundred & fifty Nine Dollars and Seventy Cents - paid you the 11^th June 1791 y^r Receipt, for which you have not rendered your Account & Vouchers to this Office to account for the same, I request you will without loss of time forward the necessary Vouchers for the sums paid by you that the same may be passed to your Credit, and the Balance (if any) refunded to the Treasurer of the United States that your accounts may be closed on the Books of this Office - your attention to this object is particularly requested as early as may be — I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct