Caleb Swan, Esq^r Pay Master to the Troops US. Detroit Department of War Accountants Office February 16^th 1797 Sir Herewith you will receive Letters for the following Officers, Viz^t Col J. F. Hamtramick, Major J. Shaylor, Captains, Z. Pike, W. Foulkner, J. Guion J. Bowyer Lieutenants. A. Gray, P. Pope, & Robert Purdy who stand charged on the Books of this Office with several sums of Money paid them a long time since, for the expenditure thereof, I have not received any account or Voucher and being anxious to close all accounts of long standing, I having to request you will as speedily as possible, transmit them agreeable to their Superscriptions. — I am &c. Wm Simmons Acct. --- Cap^t: Rich^d J. Blackburn Fort Norfolk. Virginia Accountants Office February 16^th 1797 Sir Your Letter of the 3^d Inst. has ena=bled me to make out the Payroll of your Detachment to 31^st January 1797 amounting to One thousand and fifty six dollars ²²/₁₀₀, which sum you will receive from Edward Carrington Esq^r Supervisor of Virginia, on giving him duplicate Receipts for the due application thereof. You will also receive from him the further sum of One hundred & seven dollars ⁴⁵/₁₀₀ being the amount of your Pay and subsistence for November & December 179[?] for which you will likewise give him duplicate Receipts and