first week in January next. I wrote you by last mail enclos[ing] letters to Abraham Kirkpatrick Esq; and John Too[—] the subject of their accounts. — Sam &c W^m Simmons Acct John Chester Esq^r Accountants Off[ice] Weathersfield— Conn^t August 21. 179[7] Sir I received your letter of the 17^th [—] enclosing Capt. Edward Miller's receipt for Seve[n] Dollars &⁷/100— which sum will be passed to your C[redit] on the Books of this Office. Sam &c W^m Simmons Acct John Pierce Department of W[ar] Cap^t of Artillerists & Eng^rs Accountants Off[ice] Boston August 21. 1797 Sir You stand charged on the Books of [this Office] with monies received by you and which yet rem[ain to] be accounted for. In pursuance of a Resolution of th[e House] of Representatives of 3. March 1797 I am reques[ted] before them within the first week in January n[ext] an abstract of the names of all receivers of Pub[lic]