John Kitty Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor May 15^th 1797 Baltimore Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Three Hundred and thirty one Dollars & Ninety seven Cents which you will please to pay to Capt Staats Morris Commanding Officer at Fort Whetstone point near Baltimore, taking his duplicate receipts for the same holding him accountable for the due application thereof being for the pay of the Detachment under his Command up to the 30 April 1797 inclusive. Sam Sir &c W^m Simmons Acc^t Capt^t Staats Morris Accountants Office Comm^d at Fort Whetstone Point May 15^th 1797 near Baltimore Sir I received your letter of the 11^th Instant enclosing the Muster and Pay Rolls of the detachment under your command for the month of April 1797, on examination of the latter it was found to be 20 Doll^s short added and Lieut^t Dyson's Pay 68 Cents overcalculated, both the errors corrected leaves an am^o of 331⁰⁰/100 Dollars which you will receive as usual from John Kitty Esq^r Supervisor Baltimore on your giving him duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the due