[Capt. William Eaton] Accountants Office Springfield April 25^th 1797 Massachusetts Sir In the absence of the Accountant I have to acknowledge the Receipt of your letter of the 23 Inst. and have had your account stated for Pay and Subsistence of yourself from 1 Jany to 31 Mar 1797 and Pay of your Waiter for same period. Your Pay 3 Months — 120. Subsis 90 days @ 15 Cents 40.36 160.50 Your Servants Pay 3 M^o — 12. Total Dollars 172. 50 which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Supr at Boston, on giving him your duplicate Receipts. You will obtain the Receipt of your Waiter for this sum as well as the former you received at this Office. The money wou'dve have been sent agreeably to your request to Mr Smith, had it been the accustomed mode of making remittance to that Quarter. I presume however you will not find much difficulty in obtaining it from Mr Jackson. D^r Gillespie having left the City for the Eastward your letter to him will be retained here until I hear from you. I am respect^ly Peter Hagner R. Bk