I have to observe, that I intend to adhere strictly to the principle established in my Office in the settlement of Officers subsistence accounts; to wit, either the oath of the Officer or a certificate signed by the contractor, that no rations were drawn at the different posts stationed for the time charged; this must be complied with and the accounts forwarded to this Office before payment will be made. Your last transmission of Vouchers agree on examination with the account Current forwarded, leaving a balance in your hands of Two hundred Thirty dollars & seventy four cents. I am &. W^m Simmons Acct Joshua Wentworth Esq.^r D.W. Accountants Office Supervisor Portsmouth N.H. October 11^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit the sum of One hundred dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Edmund H. Quincy, Clerk of the Navy yard at Portsmouth being for his compensation from the 1 July to the 30^th September 1797 he will give you the customary receipts. I am &. W^m Simmons Acct. Edmunds H. Quincy D.W. Accountants Office Clk of the NY Portsmouth N.H. October 11 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 4^th Instant accompanied with your account of salary due you to the 30^th [undecipherable] amounting to One hundred dollars which you will receive usual from Joshua Wentworth Esq.^r supervisor at Portsmouth on giving him the customary receipts. I am &. W^m Simmons Acct. M^r C.P. Pourcheresse Department of War Asst. Storekeeper Accountants Office Springfield. Massachusetts October 12^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 7^th Instant enclosing your account of Pay as assistant Storekeeper at Springfield up to the 30^th Ulto. amounting to Ninety dollars which you will receive as usual from M^r Samuel Lewis Clerk of the War Office, to whom you will give the necessary receipts. I am &. W^m Simmons, Acct. John Kilty Esquire D.W. Accountants Office Supvr. Baltimore, Maryland October 12^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Three hundred forty nine dollars and sixty nine cents which you will please to pay to Captain Staats Morris at Whetstonpoint, being for the Pay of himself for August and September and the detachment under his command for September 1797 taking the necessary receipts holding Captain Morris accountable for the due application of the same. I am &. W^m Simmons Acct.