M^r Return Jon.^as Meigs Stockecker Pittsburg Department of War accountants Office August 25^th 1797 Sir You stand charged on the Books of this Office with monies received by you & which remain yet to be accounted for. Pursuant to a Resolve of the House of Representatives of 3 March 1797 I am required to lay before them within the first Week in January next — an abstract of the name &c. of all receivers of public monies from 1^st January 1791 to 1^st January 1797. In order to prevent your name from appearing as a delinquent I have to request you will with=out delay account for the monies received either by producing the necessary Vouchers or refunding the [balance] to the Treasurer of the United States. Your early attention to this object [is par]ticularly requested. Sam &c. D.^r Return Jonathan Meigs To the United States 1795 April 22 for amount received by you on account of your day P Subsistence D[undecipherable] D.W.a.O. Aug.^t 26^th 1797 Wm Simmons Acc.^t