In pursuance of a Resolution of the Ho[use] of Representatives of 3^d March 1797 I am requested to la[y] before them within the first Week of January next an abstract of the names of all receivers of Public monies from 1 January 1791 to 1 January 1797. In order to prevent your name from appearing as a delinquent I have to request you will without delay account for the monies you rece[ived] either by refunding the balance to the Treasurer of the United States or producing the necessary Vouch[ers]. Your attention to this object is parti-cularly requested as early as possible. — Sam^l &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor, Richmond August 17^th 1797 Virginia Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Three hundred and sixty two Dollars & forty cents which you will be pleased to pay to Cap^t Richard Blackburn, being for pay of himself and the Detachment at Fort Norfolk including the Forage of Surgeons mate Falleson for July 1797 for which please take his duplicate receipts in the usual manner. The money last forwarded and of which you wrote to me the 27^th Ult^o you will