Rent of the range of Stores on Steinmentz wharf and the Ground rent in Campington can be admitted - it will be proper for you to produce the Authority on which the charges are made — I am &c. H^m Simmons Acct. Jon^o Jackson Esq^r Accountants Office Sen^r 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 4⁸⁷/₁₀₀ which sum you will receive from the Treasurer of the United States, and the further sum of Two Hundred and Eighty Eight dollars ³⁷/₁₀₀, which you will please to pay to John Bryant Deputy Commissary 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 Current, by which you will be guided in making your future statements. I am &c. H^m Simmons Acct John Bryant Department of War Dep^ty Commiss^y Military Stores 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