Ensign Samuel Crutchfields Accountants Office Richmond, Virginia September 7^th 1797 Sir You will receive of Edward Carrington Es^q the sum of Fifty Dollars being on account of your pay, for which you will please to give him your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable. Sam^le W^m Simmons Acc^t 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 Cap^t Blackburn's Company for the months of June last amounting to Two hundred, eighty five Dollars and ¹⁰⁰/₁₀₀ which with^e 14¹⁰⁰ D^rs Bounty paid Three Recruits, will be passed to the Credit of Cap^t Blackburn account on my receiving the receipts of Charles Spalding, W^m Hughes, & Isaac Smith whose pay remains in your hands. Sam^le W^m Simmons Acc^t