from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor on your giv[ing] duplicate receipts for the same I am &c W^m Simmon[s] William Darke Esq^r D.W. Accountants [Office] late [undecipherable] Winchester Va November 9^th 17[undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 9^th June and in reply thereto, should you not be able to [come] to Philadelphia at the time you intend, I wou[ld advise] [y]ou to send on the vouchers that they may un[dergo] the usual examination and the amount foun[d due be] passed to the credit of your account. I am &c. W^m Simmons James McHenry Esq^r Accountants Office Secretary of War November 9^th [17undecipherable] Sir I wrote you on the 25^th ult^o. and re[quested] -quested information relative to the pay, and e[mo] -luments that were to be allowed to a Major for the duty of Inspector, and which you were ple[ased to] say you would refer to the Attorney General f[or his] opinion before you gave yours— As the Payma[ster] General cannot proceed in his payments witho[ut] this information— I have to request you will fu[rnish] me therewith as early as convenient.— I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^t