Lieut^t Col. J. F. Hamtramck D^r M^r Accountants O[ffice] D'Etroit Sir November 8^th 1797 I received your letter of the 29^th wherein you promise shortly to render your acc[ounts] and vouchers for the expenditure of the money n[ow at] your debit on the books of this Office, not having [since] heard from you since. I have to renew my requ[est that] no time may be lost in transmitting such vou[chers] as will enable me to close your accounts. Shou[ld this] object be neglected your name must unavoida[bly] appear on the abstract of delinquents to be laid [before] Congress within the first week in January [next] which I am very desirous should not be the ca[se] & therefore trust you will immediately comply w[ith] my request. I am &c W^m Simmons [&c]