John Chester Esq^r Accountants Office Sup^t Connecticut February 16^th 1797 Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of One hundred twenty eight dollars 97/100 which you will please to pay to Capt Edward Miller, at Middletown, being for the pay of himself, Lieut Daniel Bissell, and the Recruits under his command for January 1797 and take his duplicate Receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct Cap^t Edward Miller Accountants Office Middletown — Connecticut February 16 1797 Sir I received your Letter of the 1^st instant enclosing the Receipt Roll of yourself, Lieut Bissell, and the Men under your Command for December 1796 and must & pay Rolls for January 1797 — The Receipt Roll has been examined and amounts to one hundred twenty four dollars 97/100, which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office The pay Roll has also been examined and after adding thereto four dollars the pay of Nathan Renaalt, which thro' mistake you omitted to insert and deducting therefrom Six Cents you having charged the pay of Gains Fields Jun^r and Asa Smith 3 Cents too much each, amounts to One hundred twenty eight dollars 94/100 which sum you will receive from John Chester Esq^r Sup^t Connecticut, on giving him duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct