Cap^tn Russell Bissell Accountants Office Sir Presque Isle March 8^th 1797 I received your letter of the 11^th Ult^mo 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. H^umf Simmons Acct Cap^tn 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. H^umf Simmons Acct Lt Rich^d Butler Accountants Office Sir Fort Franklin March 8^th 1797 I received your letter of the — February [accom]panying a Receipt Roll of your detachment, for September and October, and a Receipt of Isaac Craig for Seventy one dollars, the amount of both will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c. H^umf Simmons Acct