Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor August 2^d 1797 Richmond Virginia Sir I received your letter of the 22^d Ultimo enclosing your Account of Commission for receiving and paying monies from the Department of War from January 1^st To December 31 1796 amounting to Twenty three Dollars & ninety three Cents which sum will be remitted you by the Treasurer of the United States and for which you will be pleased to forward your receipt to this Office. I am &c Wm Simmons Acct John Kilty Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor August 2^d 1797 Baltimore Maryland Sir Your letter, enclosing the receipt of Alexis de Loyritz for three hundred, Sixty two Dollars was duly received, which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c Wm Simmons Acct