will give further information relative to West Point which it may be proper for you Sir to be informed of to whom I refer you — I am &c W^m Simmons Acct Cap^t. Cornelius Lyman Accountants Office 2d. U.S. Regiment. March 2^d 1797 Springfield Massachusetts Sir I received your letter of the 21^st Ult^o. William Allens Pay has been made up from the 1 Sep. 1796 [undecipherable] to the 28^th Feb^y 1797 inclusive, being six Months and the amount Twenty four Dollars has been paid to your Brother the Hon^t. W^m Lyman, who is to transmit the said Williams Allens Receipt for the same to this Office — I am &c W^m Simmons Acct Hon^t. Alex^r. D. Orr. Accountants Office in Congress 3^d. March 1797 Sir Inclosed you have a Receipt Roll for the Pay of the Scouts employed in Mason County, State of Kentucky amounting, agreeably to your Receipt filed in this Office 9^th January last to 289.⁹/₁₀₀ Dollars which I have to request you will get signed by the parties and then return it to this Office — I have also to request your care of the enclosed letter for I. P. Devall Esq^r. late direct Col^l. of Harrison County — I am &c W^m Simmons Acct