M^r Joseph Hillers agent of Fortifications at Salem Sir I received your letter of the 7^th Instant and in reply [strikethrough: thereto] I have to request you will be pleased to transmit to this Office by post your account Current with the necessary vouchers for expenditures on account of mounting Cannon at Salem which shall be examined & the result communicated to you with directions respecting the balance which may be found due by you to the United States. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^ts Department of War Accountants Office September 20^th 1797 Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, which you will be pleased to pay to Lieut^t Andrew Marschalk at Ellis Island taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable for the due application of the same, being for the recruiting service. I am &c. William Simmons Acc^ts Department of War Accountants Office September 20^th 1797