Lieu^t Peter Shoemaker Accountants Office Baltimore, Maryland October 14^th 1797 Sir You will receive from John Kitty Esq^r Super at Baltimore, the sum of Two hundred dollars; being on account of the recruiting service, for which you will please to give him your duplicate receipts, holding yourself accountable for the due application of the sam[e] Sam^o. Wm Simmons Acct^. M^r Angus McDonald Accountants Office late Paymaster to Col. Swearingen's Reg^t October 17^th 1797 Virginia Militia — Winchester. Sir In an abstract of monies advanced by Presley Nevile Paymaster General to the militia called out to suppress an insur- -rection in the western counties of Pennsylvania in the year 179[4] you Stand charged with monies paid to you by him pursuant to Warrants in your favor for the pay of Col. Swearingen's Reg^t of Virginia Militia employ^d in said expedition, and as no vouchers have hitherto been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from those advances I have to request your immediate attention in rendering such as you possess or can obtain in a short time, properly stated — and in case of deficiency to refunds the balance unaccounted for in your hands to the Treasurer of the United States. I am under the necessity to be the more urgent in requesting your attention to this object in consequence of a resolution of Congress of the 3^d March last, directing me