Capt^t Russell Bissell Accountants Office Presqu'Isle November 10.^th 1797 Sir Agreeably to my letter to you of the 3^d [Inst.] the different vouchers contained in your letters of the 14^th & 16^th ultt. have undergone the necessary examination and the result has been as follows — viz: — Am^t. receipted on receipt roll for pay of yourself and company for Nov^r & Dec^r 1796. . . . . [undecipherable] do. - rec. on rect^t. roll for the same object for January February & March 1797. . . . . . . . [undecipherable] carried forward D^rs [undecipherable] brought forward ——— D^rs [undecipherable] Am^t. rect^t. on rect^t. roll for the same object for May & [undecipherable] 1[undecipherable]. 27 do. of seperate rect^t. of Adam Hoontz for pay from November 1796 to 21^st February 1797 . . . . . . 14. 80 do. of seperate rect^t. of Cornelius Reardon for pay from 1^st January to 18^th April 1797 . . . . . . . . . . 14. 40 do. of seperate receipt of Philip Dechy for pay from 1^st January to 4^th April 1797 . . . . . . 12. 53 do. of Nehemiah Brush's seperate rect^t. for pay from from 1^st August to 4^th September 1797 . . . . . . 4. 53 making a total am^t. of Two thousand, two hundred D^rs 2245. 53 forty five dollars & ¹⁰⁰ which sum will be passed to your credit on the books of this Office; it may be necessary to inform you how this amount differs from that mentioned in your different letters; in your letter of the 10^th Intt. you say the pay receipted for on the roll for November and December 1796 amounts to [undecipherable] D^rs whereas it is [undecipherable] exclusive of Hoontz loose rect^t. & in the rect^t. for January, February & March 1797 you deduct [undecipherable] D^rs for payments made to different men of your company by Major Craig, when it should be only [undecipherable] D^rs. The receipt of Samuel Patrick in the last receipt roll is defective, his mark not being witnessed; it is nevertheless admitted to your credit, but you will be pleased to guard against similar omissions in future. I am y^c. Wm Simmons Acc^t.