Cap^t Guffith S. MacRee West Point, New York Sir You will receive from Nicholas Fis[h] Supervisor New York the sum of Two hundred dollars for the Recruiting Service for which you will pleas[e] him your duplicate receipts holding yourself acco[untable] for the due application thereof. Sam^e. W^m Simmons A[cct] --- Horatio N. Dayton S^t Att^y & Eng^r. Elizabeth Town, New Jersey Department of W[ar] Accountants Off[ice] September 22^d [1799] Sir I received your letter of the 19^th Inst enclosing your Recruiting Accounts accompanied with Vouchers f[or] [Continental] money paid by you which has been examined and foun[d] stated in the account Current sent you herewith— you [will] perceive that only forty seven dollars and eighty six [cents] are admitted to your credit for contingent expences the rem[aining] Vouchers being inadmissible and now returned t[o you] I have also sent an account of the sums admitted whic[h I] request you will examine and if found right swear to a[nd] return with the account Current and the balance of [One] Hundred Sixty one dollars and two cents due you th[en] shall immediately be remitted you. In future when you transmit Vouchers for mo[ney] paid you will at the same time accompany them with a [note] specifying the sums & for what paid. Sam^e. W^m Simmons Ac[ct] [Page 287, Y0G01]