John Chester Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Weathersfield Conn^t October 5^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Ninety two dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Captain Edward Miller taking his duplicate receipts holding him accountable being for pay of himself and the recruits under his command for September 1797. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct Captain Edward Miller Accountants Office Middletown Connecticut October 5^th 1797 Sir I duly received your letter of the 30^th ulti^o enclosing Muster and Pay Rolls of the Recruits under your command for September 1797. The latter amounting to Ninety two dollars which sum you will receive in the usual manner from John Chester Esq^r Supervisor Weathersfield on giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^s Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Super^r New York — October 5^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Ninety dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Frederick Sprig Assistant Military Storekeeper at West Point taking his duplicate receipts for the same [Page 320 YOQ01]