Middletown September 23^d 1797 Sir I have recieved your letter of the 5^th Instant enclosed are three Receipt Rolls, for myself and men for the Months of June, July, & August 1797. amounting to Two Hundred Twenty five Dollars &⁹⁹/₁₀₀ also five receipts for Bounties Amounting to twenty^y seven Dollars— I will thanke you to informe me the exact pay per day, of a Serjeant, Corporal, Musice & Private, that I may not make aney mistake in future. Sickness has prevented my writing before— Sam Sir your Obedient William Simmons Esq^r Humble Ser^t Au^t War Department Edward Miller Cap^t [endorsement:] Edward Miller^r Cap^t / no disposition / Con^r [undecipherable] / Sept. 23