will be pleased to render their accounts to Col. Heath for examination, and he will transmit them to this Office for settlement. I am &^c W Simmons Acct^t James Read Esq^r Accountants Office Collector at Wilmington, N. Carolina December 8. 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of fifty five Dollars & too which you will pl[ease] to pay to Serj.^t Philip McWilliams and the men under his command stat[ioned] at Fort Johnston being for their pay for September & October 1797 a[nd] take their receipts for the same agreeably to the enclosed receipt roll wh[ich] being completed you will please transmit to this Office that your acc[ount] may be credited accordingly. I am &^c W Simmons Acct^t To W Garret Cooper Accountants Office Nenderhamnach C To the care of M^r Garret Hopper December 9. 179[7] March N^o 75 Partition S^t. Sir New York I received your letter of the 23 ult[imo] your account Current which purports a balance of One Dollar & [undecipherable] due the United States. You must at all events transmit the [receipts] of the Individuals, which will be filed with the Pay Rolls on wh[ich] you received the several Advances and the amount of disbursements pa[id] to your Credit accordingly. Should any of the Individuals whom you ha[ve] paid, call upon you a second time you can refer them to this Office