Lieu^t H. R. Dayton Elizabeth Town N.J. Accountants O[ffice] September 12^th Sir Annexed is duplicate of a letter S[ent] you the 25 Ult respecting the settlement of your ac[count] and to which you have not replied. I renew my r[equest] that the contents of that letter may immediately [be] attended to. Sam^te H^r Simmons acc^t --- Capt G. J. McRee of the art^r P Eng^s West Point Sky. Department of War Accountants Office September 12^th 17[9-] Sir I have received your letter of the 3 Ins[t] enclosing your account & receipt for thirteen dollars [paid] by you for your passage to W. Carolina which I am u[nder] the necessity of returning to you as a charge inadm[issible]. I did not know that this claim was ever before pres[ented] to this Office, had it at that time been presented t[o me] I should have rejected it and could have given m[ore] reasons for so doing than the want of preceden[t] — ges of this [strikethrough: notation] kind have not been unusual [among] Officers and have universally been disallowed. [I] cannot conceive it ever was the intention t[o pay] an Officers expences when he may be ordered f[rom] post or from one command to another in the l[ine of] his duty. Sam^te H^r Simmons Acc^t