Lieu^t Dan^t Bissell Middleton Connecticut                   Accountants Office                                                       February 18^th 1797 Sir Inclosed is a letter received from Cap^t Russell Bissell with directions to forward it to you I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct M^r Jn^o G. L. Schenck                   Accountants Office Tarborough, North Carolina —        February 18^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 9^th inst. enclosing Captain William Richards Receipt for four hundred and Seven dollars & ¹⁰⁰; being for the pay of the Recruits under his Command at Tarborough in No. Carolina, to the 31^st of August 1796. which sum will be passed to your credit on the Books of this Office — I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. The Sec^ty of War                      Accountants Office Sir                                         February 20^th 1797 Enclosed I have the honor to hand you the following statement, agreeably to your request. Claim for Militia Services filed in this Office per Estimate N^o 1. ———————————————— M 125000 — Amount of Estimates filed in this Office for unauthorized services in the States of South Carolina & Georgia y^r Estimate N^o 2 —— 160196 .. 92