Ensign Samuel Crutchfield Accountants Office Richmond, Virginia September 7^th 1797 Sir You will receive of Edward Carrington Esq the sum of Sixty Dollars being on account of your pay, for which you will please to give him your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable. Sam^e W^m Simmons Acct John Saunders Department of War L^t Art. & Eng^r Accountants Office Fort Norfolk September 7^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 29^th Ultimo enclosing a Receipt Roll of Capt. Blackburn's Company for the month of June last amounting to Two hundred, eighty five Dollars and ⁷⁵/₁₀₀ which with^e 14 ^too D^rs Bounty paid Three Recruits, will be passed to the Credit of Capt Blackburn's account on my receiving the receipts of Charles Spalding, M^cHughes, & Isaac Smith whose pay remains in your hands. Sam^e W^m Simmons Acct