M^r Caleb Gibbs Accountants Off[ice] Cl^k of the Navy yard Boston October 8^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 3^d Inst enclosing your acc[ount] for your salary as clerk to the Navy, paid at Boston from 1 July to September 1797 inclusive amounting to One hundred, eighty seven dollars & fifty cents which sum, you will receive as usual from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor at Boston on giving him the necessary receipts for the same. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct— M^r Stephen Hillis Accountants Office Knoxville Tennessee October 8^th 1797 Sir I duly received your letter of the 13^th ulto with its en- sures — I understand the waggons have arrived but the vi[ctuals] mentioned in your letter have not yet come to hand. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t Cap^tn Edward D. Turner Accountants Office Pittsburgh October 6^th 1797 Sir You will receive from Samuel Lewis Clerk in th[e] War Office the sum of two Hundred dollars being on account the recruiting service, for which you will please forward h[im] your receipt holding yourself accountable for the due app- lication thereof. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct^t