D^r Andrew Marschalks Corps of Art^y & Eng^rs New York Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10^th Inst enclosing sundry rect^s for bounty paid your recruits agreably to the list accompanying them, which will be placed with those alreddy received, ready to be entered in your recruiting account when it shall be proper to forward it. Sam^e Hum^l W^m Simmons Acc^t Mess^rs Potts & Gibbs Wilmington. N.C. Sir I received your letter of 1 Inst enclosing your accounts for furnishing the men at Fort Johnston under the command of Serg^t Philip Williams with rations — accounts of this nature are not proper to be settled at this Office — I have accordingly transmitted them to the Auditor of the Treasury Department who will take the proper steps to effect a settlement, and you no doubt will be informed by him of the result. Sam^e Hum^l W^m Simmons Acc^t Accountants Office July 18^th 1797 Accountants Office July 18^th 1797