M^r Jos. Hillers Department of War Agent of Fortifications Accountants Office [to the care of J. Jackson by Boston] August 26^th 1797 Sir You stand charged on the Books of this [Office] with monies received by you and which remains [un]accounted for Pursuant to a Resolve of the House of Re[prese]ntatives of 3 March 1797 I am required to lay before the[m] within the first Week in January next — an abstract of [the] names &c. of all receivers of public monies from 1 Janua[ry] to 1 January 1797. In order to prevent your name from app[earing] as a delinquent I have to request you will without de[lay] account for the monies you received, either by produc[ing the] necessary Vouchers or refunding the balance to the [Treasury] of the United States. Your immediate attention to this object is [parti]cularly requested. Sam &c. D^r Joseph Hillers To the United States. 1796 January 25 Per Amount on account of Mounting the Artillery at Boston D[oll]^rs 250 D.W.A.O august 26. 1797. William Sim[mons] Acc^t