and take the necessary receipts therefor. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^s Lieu^t James Rand                      Accountants Office     New York                            November 2^d 1797        Sir The Secretary of War has thought proper to advance you the sum of Ninety dollars on account of your pay, which you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York on your giving him the necessary receipts    I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^s Cap^t Staats Morris                      Accountants Office     Baltimore                            November 4^th 1797     Sir I received your letter of the 1^st Inst. with the vouchers &c accompanying the same, which will be placed under examination and the result communicated to you.    I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^s Daniel Stevens Esq^r                      Accountants Office     Sup^r S^t Carolina                      November 11^th 1797     Sir I received your letter of the 18^th ultimo enclosing the receipt of Augustus deGrasse for Two hundred and thirty dollars, for his pay as Temporary Engineer from 1^st July to the 30^th September 1797. whic[h]