Lieut. Henry A. Muhlenberg Accountants Off[undecipherable] Sir December 19 1[undecipherable] I have received your account of 15 recei[undecipherable] for the Additional Bounty of two Dollars each to fifteen Recruits am[undecipherable] ing to thirty Dollars which will be filed in this Office and examined[undecipherable] you forward your recruiting Account for that purpose — Sam^l W Simm[undecipherable] Acct[undecipherable] Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Off[undecipherable] Supervisor [of] Richmond[undecipherable] December 19 1[undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States [will] [undecipherable] 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 on his order, taking his duplicate receipts for the sa[undecipherable] being for balance of his Pay and for his subsistence up to the 30[undecipherable] 1797 inclusive — Sam^l W Simm[undecipherable] Acct[undecipherable] Ensign Meriwether Lewis Accountant[s] O[undecipherable] Charlottesville December 1[undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 28[undecipherable] covering your accounts of receipts for balance of Pay and for Subsiste[undecipherable] up to the 31 Instant amounting to Three hundred, twenty five Dollar[undecipherable] 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 leave a balance of two hundred ninety one Dollars & eight [undecipherable]