possession of, with your ideas on the subject — I am [fre]quently called upon for information and am at [a] loss in giving it having to refer to your abstra[ct of] payments which are frequently of too early [a date] to give the information. — If your communica[tions] were made monthly it would be of material satis[fac]tion to me — I trust therefore you will [lose no] opportunity in keeping me regularly inform[ed as] to those points. — and that you bear in mind t[he...] fection of the act of Congress of the 7^th June 1794. — I am &c. W^m Simmons [...] M^r Stephen Hillis                      D.W. Accountants O[ffice] Knoxville Tennessee                      November 3 1[7...] Sir I received your letter of the 4^th ultt. acco[mpa]nied with a copy of a Waste Book of the Agent [of] this Department for the month of September [...] I am &c. W^m Simmons [...] Ens.^t Chas.^t Martin                      Accountants Offi[ce] Fort de Boeuf,                            November 8[...] Sir I received your letter of the 18^th ultt. encl[osing] the receipt of Isaac Craig, D.W. M.G. for Two hun[dred] thirty eight dollars & [undecipherable]oo which sum will be ent[ered to] your credit on the books of this Office — I am &c. W^m Simmo[ns]