Cap^t Edward Miller Middletown Connecticut^t Sir I received your letter of the 1^st Inst enclosing Muster & Pay Rolls of the men under your command for July 1797, as the Secretary of War has ordered Peter Larkins to be discharged from his being formerly discharged for inability he must refund to you the sum you have paid him for the same reason, his Pay has been deducted from the Pay Roll which leaves the sum of Seventy two dollars &⁷⁰/₁₀₀ which you will receive of from John Chester Esq^r Supervisor at Weathersfield giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable. I am &c. Wm Simmons Acc^t Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Off[ice] Supervisor August 11^th 1797 New York Sir I received your letter of the 8^th Inst. on the receipt of Cap^t Frederick Frye for Three hundred & seventy six dollars ⁷⁰/₁₀₀ which sum will be entered to the credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c. Wm Simmons Acc^t