Lieut. Dan^t. Bissell Accountants Office Middlton. Connecticut February 18^th. 1797 Sir Inclosed is a letter received from Capt. Russell Bissell with directions to forward it to you I am &c. Wm 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 &⁵⁷/100; being for the pay of the Recruits under his Command at Tarborough in No[rth] 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. Wm Simmons Acct. The Sec^y 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 . . . . . . . . . . $125000— Amount of Estimates filed in this Office for unauthorized services in the States of South Carolina & Georgia p Estimate N^o 2 —— 160196..92