propriety be paid to M^r Cranch, which is due to lieut [undecipherable: probable reading: Duckworth] without letters of Administration being produc-ed and a Power of Attorney from the Administrator. I am &c. ^oWm Simmons Acct. Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor May 2^d 1797 New York ✓ Sir I received your letter of the 29^th Ultimo, enclosing the receipts of Lieut^t Nehemiah Freeman one for Nine hundred & three dollars ⁷/00, the other for Nine hundred & eighty seven dollars ⁷/00 making together the sum of Eighteen hundred and Ninety dollars & ⁷/00 differing from your sum total one dollar. I am Sir &c. ^oWm Simmons Acct. Daniel Stevens Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor May 3^d 1797 Charleston S. Carolina Sir I received your letter of the 12^th ulto enclosing your account for receiving and paying monies from this Department in the quarter ending the 31^st March 1797 amounting to forty eight dollars and Ninety Cent