disburse the former sum, say 1056 ²²/100 dollars, agreably to the Inclosed Receipt Roll— Iam &c. W.^m Simmons Acct. Edward Carrington Esq.^r Accountants Office Superv.^r Richmond Vir.^a February 16^th. 1797 Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of One thousand, one hundred and sixty three dollars ²⁵/100, which you will please to pay to Capt. Rich.^d S. Blackburn at Fort Norfolk — 1055 ⁶²/100 dollars thereof being for the pay of himself, Lieutenants John Saunders and James Triplett, and the Men under his Command to 31^st Jan.^y 1797. The remaining sum of 107 ⁶³/100 being the amount of his Pay & Subsistence for November & December 1796. for which Sums you will please to take Separate Receipts Iam &c. W.^m Simmons Acct. James Read Esq.^r Accountants Office Collector, Wilmington, N.Carolina — February 17^th. 1797 Sir I received your Letter of the 7^th inst enclosing the Receipt Rolls of Serjeant Philip Williams and the Men under his Command at Fort Johnstone, North Carolina, for his and their Pay from 1^st January to the 30^th November 1796, amounting to One hundred & eighty four Dollars ⁷⁰/100; which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office — I am &c. W.^m Simmons Acct.