Cap^t Richard S Blackburn V Accountants Office fort norfolk Virginia August 17^th 1797 Sir I received Lieut^t Saunders' letter of 2^d inst^t enclosing the Muster & Pay Rolls of the Detac[hment] under your command for July 1797 to which has be[en] added Eight Dollars short made up on the Pay of S[gt] Saunders & Triplett and six Dollars for forage of Surge[on] Pattison which together with the original amount ma[ke a] sum of Three hundred, & sixty two dollars & forty cents [which] you will receive in the usual manner from Edwa[rd] Carrington Esq^r Supervisor at Richmond on giving hi[m] the necessary Receipts holding yourself accounta[ble for] the due applications of the same. A reference has been had to yo[ur] Recruiting accounts but the name of Charles Gil[—] does not appear on any of them therefore cannot inf[orm] you the date of his enlistment. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t