Lieut^t Ferd^d L Claiborne Richmond, Virginia D. W. Accountants Office September 25^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 25 Instant covering duplicate receipts for bounty paid Recruits Inlisted by you amounting to sixty nine dollars which will be filed as usual to be examined on settlement of your Recruiting account I am &. W^m Simmons Acct^t --- Edward Carrington Esq^r Super^r. Rich. Virginia Accountants Office September 29^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Two Hundred dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Lieut^t Ferdinand S Claiborne, taking the necessary rects holding him accountable for the due application of the same, it being for the Recruiting service. I am &. W^m Simmons Acct^t --- Lieut^t Ferd^d S Claiborne Richmond Virginia Accountants Office September 29^th 1797 Sir You will receive from Edward Carrington Esq^r Super at Richmond Virginia the sum of Two Hundred dollars, being for the Recruiting service for which you will please give him your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same. I am &. W^m Simmons Acct^t [Page 306 YOQ01]