The receipts of the individuals whom you have paid, must be transmitted to this Office for the purpose of being filed with the Pay Rolls on which you received the Advances; — and the balance, remaining in your hands, you will be pleased to refund to the Treasurer of the United States, in order to effect a final Settlement — Sam^l [?] W Simmons Acct Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Richmond Virginia December 19 1797 Sir I have received your letter of the 12 inst. enclosing the Receipt of Ensⁿ Henry Bowyer for 37 ⁵⁰/100 Dollars which Sum will be entered to your credit on the books of this Office. The Seventy five Dollars you have remitted to the Treasurer of the United States will be entered to your credit on the books of this Office — Sam^l [?] W Simmons Acct M^r John G Coffin Accountants Office Surgeon's Mate Niagara December 19 1797 Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] inst. enclosing an account of expences travelling from Oswego to Niagara on command and back to Oswego on duty; Accounts of this nature I conceive inadmissable deeming it an act of duty which must have been taken in View when you became an Officer to be ordered from one post to another; the expences of which must be defray'd out of your pay, Subsistance & Forage; The receipt [undecipherable] will be entered to the proper account Sam^l [?] W Simmons