John Kelly Esq^r. Accountants Office Supervisor June 16^th 1797 Maryland Sir I received your letter of the 14^th Inst. enclosing Capt. Staats Morris's receipt for Two hundred and twenty seven dollars which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am rc Wm Simmons Acct. [*N.B. it should have been 944 dollars see letter to Mr. Kelly June 22^nd] To Peter Shoemaker Accountants Office Reading June 16^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable] 10^th Inst. enclosing receipts for bounty paid, your Recruits which sum will remain on file ready to be included in your recruiting account when it shall be proper to forward it. I am rc Wm Simmons Acct. Caleb Swan Dep. Accountants Office Paymaster General June 16^th 1797 P.M.S. Sir Inclosed you have remarks made on the examination of the different Vouchers lately transmitted by you to this Office for your government in settling the different delinquents. By these remarks you will perceive the following Officers have to account for Balances opposed to their names, which they are [undecipherable] to do you, as you will see by the enclosed letters to which after perusing you will be pleased to seal cause to be delivered. Thomas Pasteur Capt 1 Reg^t. acct. inclosed him [undecipherable] Edward Butler " Levies d° d° 344.33 D° -- D° " 4 Reg^t. d° d° 1213.27 [undecipherable] Hamilton Armstrong 1 d° Andrew Shanklin L^t. 3^d d° Bernard Gaines Capt. 1 d° Ephraim Kibby Spies Yelverton Peyton Ens. 1 Reg^t. Total amount Dollars [undecipherable] I should hope they will readily comply [undecipherable] request as the impropriety of leaving Public monies [undecipherable] length of time in the hands of Officers must be evid[undecipherable] them [strikethrough: undecipherable] as well as to yourself: at any event a[undecipherable] them to account for their respective balances, I [undecipherable] glad to be informed as soon[undecipherable] possible what satisfact[undecipherable] have been able to obtain from each of them. L^t. John Bowyers recruiting account has un[undecipherable] examination and the balance as stated by you to [undecipherable] him ten dollars, is found to be just. I have to request your attention to have [undecipherable] defect in the receipts mentioned in the remarks, rem[undecipherable] and to guard against similar ones in future. with respect &c. Wm Simm[undecipherable]