Lieut Henry H. Muhlenberg Accountants Off[ice] Sir December 19 [17—] I have received your account of 15 rec[eipts] for the Additional Bounty of two Dollars each to of fifteen Rec[ruits] amounting to thirty Dollars which will be filed in this Office and examined [when] you forward your recruiting Account for that purpose— Sam^l [W. Simm] Acct[ant] Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Off[ice] Supervisor [of] Richmond December 19 [17—] Sir The Treasurer of the United States [will] remit you the sum of two hundred, ninety [and] one Dollars and eight [cents?] which you will be pleased to pay to Ensign Meriwether Lewis at Charlottesville on 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] Acct[ant] Ensign Meriwether Lewis Accountants Of[fice] Charlottesville Sir December 10 I received your letter of the 28[th] covering your accounts of receipts for balance of Pay and for Subsistence up to the 31 Instant amounting to Three hundred, twenty [seven] Doll[ars] and thirty eight Cents, as this Month is not yet expired I could not [pay] for your pay & Subsistence for that period this deduction of thirty [f—] & thirty Cents leaves a balance of two hundred, ninety one Dollars & eight [undecipherable]