time gave me your order drawn on him in fav of Mess^rs I & A Hunt for 200 dollars which he requested me to receive from you and to pay over to M^r Wilkinson which I shall do on your complying with his request. Sam &c. W^m Simmons. Maj^r. Haskell Accountants Office Bellepre near Marietta on the Ohio April 1^st 1797 Sir In reply to your letter of the 7^th Inst. I have to inform you that the Balance which appears due by you to the United States on statement of your account is three hundred and twenty eight dollars and twenty five Cents, which is Two Hundred and twenty one dollars and 9 Cents less than it appeared in the account forwarded you under date 31^st January last, having since given you Credit for Pay and Subsistence to 31^st December 1791 as annexed. Should this Balance, which includes the sum lost by you and which cannot be allowed at this Office, without the special interposition of Congress, agree with your accounts, I request you will immediately inform me that the necessary entries may be made in the Books of this Office, which have hitherto been omitted by the late Paymaster General. Sam &c. W^m Simmons. Acct D^r Maj^r. Jonathan Haskell Cr. To balance due the United States p^r Acct By your Pay from the 9^th rendered 31 Jan^y 1797 D^rs 549.34 April t^o 31^st Dec^r 1791 is To Cate l. Ryan P^r M^r Rece^t M^r 21 days — 430^d 261. from his Receipts dated 54.19 By Subsistence Acct^t from 15 March 1791 6^th April t^o 1^st Oct^r 1791 at 1791 Days, 522 Rations @ 6¾ Cts. 50.8 for Oct^r Nov^r Dec^r 10.11 Balance due the US 328.25 D^rs 633.44 D^rs 633.44 Accountants Office April 1^st 1797 W^m Simmons Acct