will empower any person in this City to receive the Bal[ance] after deducting the amount due by you to the U States it will be paid to him and your account will accordingly be closed on the Books of this Office. — You will also please to note the place you were stationed at on the 31. October 1796 to ascertain the contract price of the rations — Sam ro. W^m Simmons Acct M^r David Amis Accountants Office Springfield. Mass^t March 15^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 10^th Inst inclosing your accounts & Vouchers from 1^st November to 1^st January which will be placed under examination, and the result communicated to you. Sam ro. W^m Simmons Acct L^t Jon. Robeson Accountants Office Fort Johnson. S. Carolina March 16^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 5^th January last, enclosing the Receipt Roll of the Men formerly under your com- mand at Whetstonpoint to the 30^th June 1796 amounting to 703 00 dollars & [undecipherable] of & Ho[l]en's receipt for 27 dollars, both which sums as well as your pay for January 1797 will be passed to your credit on the Books of this office, leaving a Balance due the United States of 5[undecipherable] Dollars. — The 8 dollars paid Elijah Schofield for passage from