Brought Forward — ^— 1050 N° 24 for pay of Cap^t Vachel Washington &c for 64^d 56^d 23[?] 25 — — — — Field & Staff — — — — — — — 20[?] 26 — — — — Artillery commanded by a Cap^t David Stoddert — — — — — 26[?] 170[?] Exclusive of the above sum of Seventeen Hundred and Sixty fo[ur] Dollars Do you remark in your letter that you have received monies from Major Thomas Rutter & George Gale Esq the [?] Agent; but as their accounts have not yet been transmitted [to] this Office, I cannot inform you of the amount. Suffice it to [say] that it will be indispensably requisite for you, to transmit the accounts and Vouchers for expenditures made on account of advances received from any person or persons relative to the [undecipherable] Expedition, to this Office for examination — Sam H^c W^m Simm[s] Lieu^t John Steele Accountants Office Pittsburg) November 18^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 13^th Inst enclosing the Receipt Roll for pay of yourself and Recruits to the 30 September 1797 inclusive amounting to Six hundred[?] which sum will be passed to your Credit on the books of this Offi[ce] I have also received in the above menti[oned] letter duplicate Master Rolls of four Recruits, which entitl[es] to a premium on the two I wrote you of; and on your producing Receipts for bounty paid the other two, the amount will be [passed] to your Credit, and any Balance then due will be remitted to Pittsburg agreeably to your request Sam H^c W^m Simmo[ns]