usual from Joshua Wentworth Dep^t supervisor at Portsmouth on giving him the customary receipts. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^r M^r C. P. Pourcheresse       Department of War Assist Storekeeper         Accountants Office Springfield, Massachusets      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 &c.                W^m Simmons Acct^r John Hilty Genin         D.W. Accountants Office Superv. 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 Whetstonepoint, 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 &c                W^m Simmons                  Acct^r