holding him accountable for the due application of same being for pay of himself and the detachme under his command at Fort Norfolk for October 179 I am &c. W^m Simmons Acc Capt Rich^d S Blackburn                 Accountants Of Fort Norfolk                           November 13^th 17 Sir I received your letter of the 3 Instant covering muster & pay rolls of the detachment un your command for October 1797, the following rations have been made on the latter. Amount as stated by you . . . . . . . . 26 To which add short calculated on the pay of Benjamin Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . $268 From which deduct pay of Peter Johnson dead 2.80 Overcalculated on the pay of the following men ——— John Moorland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 James Lamson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 John Millroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 leaving an amount of two hundred, sixty D^rs 265. five dollars &^rs, which sum you will receive in usual manner from Edward Carrington Es^q. Richmond on your giving him duplicate rec holding yourself accountable. You will observe that in all cases of tion the pay is to be withheld untill the senten