[416] Lieu^t Henry H. Muhlenberg Accountants Off[ice] Sir December 19 1[7—] I have received your account of 15 recei[pts] for the Additional Bounty of two Dollars each to of fifteen Recruits am[ount-] ing to thirty Dollars which will be filed in this Office and examined[,] you forward your recruiting Account for that purpose— Sam^l W Simm[s] Acct[s] Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Off[ice] Supervisor [of] Richmond December 19 1[7—] Sir The Treasurer of the United States — remit you the sum of two hundred, ninety one Dollars and eight [undecipherable] which you will be pleased to pay to Ensign Meriwether Lewis at Charlottesville or his order, taking his duplicate receipts for the sa[me] being for balance of his Pay and for his subsistence up to the 30[th] 1797 inclusive— Sam^l W Simm[s] Acct[s] Ensign Meriwether Lewis Accountants [Office] Charlottesville Sir December 1[0—] I received your letter of the 28[th] covering your accounts of receipts for balance of Pay and for Subsiste[nce] up to the 31 Instant amounting to Three hundred, twenty seven Dol[lars] and thirty eight Cents, as this Month is not yet expired, I could not [undecipherable] for your pay & Subsistence for that period, this deduction of thirty [undecipherable] & thirty Cents leaves a balance of two hundred ninety one Dollars & eight[undecipherable]