John Kitty Esq^r D.W. Accountants Office Sup^t Baltimore October 23. 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 20^th Instant en=closing the receipt of Cap^t. Staats Morris for three hun=dred, forty nine Dollars ¾ 00, which amount will be pos=ted to the credit of your account at this Office. The Treasurer of the United States will re=mit you the sum of Two hundred dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Cap^t Staats Morris and take his receipts for the same being for the recruiting service. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t Cap^t Staats Morris D.W. Accountants Office Whetstone near Balte October 23. 1797 Sir You will receive from John Kitty Esq Sup^t at Baltimore the sum of Two hundred dollars for the recruiting service, on giving him the necessary recpt. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t David Henley Esq Accountants Office Knoxville October 23. 1797 Sir Inclosed is a letter for M^r Paul M'Der=mot late of the Cavalry and who I am informed lives in your vicinity which I leave open for your perusal, fully assured that on your part you will