disburse the former sums, say 1056 ⁴³/100 dollars, agreeably to the Inclosed Receipt Roll — I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. Edward Carrington Esq^r. Superv^r. Richmond Vir^a. Accountants Office 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 ⁶⁷/100, which you will please to pay to Cap^t. Rich^d S. Blackburn at Fort Norfolk — 1056 ²²/100 dollars thereof being for the pay of himself, Lieutenant, John Saunders and James Triplett, and the Men under his Command to 31^st Jan^ry 1797. The remaining sum of 107 ^Dm/100 being the amount of his Pay & Subsistence for November & December 1796. For which sums you will please to take seperate Receipts I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. James Read Esq^r. Collector, Wilmington, N. Carolina Accountants Office February 17^th 1797 Sir I received your Letter of the 1^st 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 ³³/100; which sum will be passed to your credit on the Books of this Office — I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct.