Lieut. Dan^t. Bissell Accountants Office Middlton. Connecticut 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 D⁵⁷/₁₀₀; 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^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 ⅌ Estimate N^o 2 —— 160196.. 92 Abstract of Monies expended for the Military Establishment in the year 1796— N^o 3— 519695, 57 I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. John E. Van Alen, Esq^r Accountants Office in Congress February 26^th 1797 Sir In answer to the application made by you in behalf of the claim of Captain Derrick Lane for his Services under the former Government, I have to observe that it does not appear by any document on file in this Office that his claim was ever before filed, or that any balance is stated to be due to him, therefore any claim that he may have for services previous to the 1^t day of March 1789 is barred and precluded from settlement by an "Act of Congress relative to claims against the United States passed on 12^th February 1793— I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct. Cap^tn Russell Bissell Accountants Office 2^nd U.S. Reg^t Presque Isle February 26^th 1797 Sir I have received your letter of the 12^th January last inclosing the Receipt Roll of the Detachment under your command for Pay for the Months of June and July 1796, the amount Nine hundred and Sixty Six Dollars & twenty six Cents will be passed to your Credit in the Books of this Office. Your letter to Lieut. D. Bissell has—