Captⁿ Russell Bissell                          Accountants Office Sir      Presque Isle                    March 8^th 1797 I received your letter of the 11^th ult^o accompanied by a Receipt Roll which will be placed under examination and the amount proper be entered to your Credit — The letters for D. D. Bissell and Samuel Hodgson will be duly forwarded — I am &c. Hum^f Simmons Acct. Captⁿ Fred^k Frye                          Accountants Office Sir      Governors Island             New York                      March 3^d 1797 I received your letter of the 7^th inst with Pay and Muster Roll of your detachment for the Month of February, that for January, as well as the present one must be suspended untill appropriations are passed by Congress which will take place this day.     I am &c. Hum^f Simmons Acct. Lt Rich^d Butler                            Accountants Office Sir      Fort Franklin                   March 8^th 1797 I received your letter of the — February [undecipherable]ing a Receipt Roll of your detachment for September and October, and a Receipt of Isaac Craig for Twenty one dollars, the amount of both will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office    I am &c. Hum^f Simmons Acct.