M^r William P. Day Accountants Offe[undecipherable] Morris County, New Jersey December 20 179[undecipherable] Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of [a] Letter of the 9 inst. enclosing a copy of the Pay roll of your company amo[un-] ing to three hundred & thirty nine Dollars & &c. attesting that you h[ave] duly disbursed that sum— I have only to remark that it will be filed with the Original pay roll on which you received the Advance, & on be[ing] examined you will be informed of the Result. I am &c W^m Simm[undecipherable] Acc[undecipherable] Alexander J. Dallas Esq^r Accountants O[undecipherable] Sir December 20 17[undecipherable] Your account as p M^r to the [undecipherable] Pennsylvania Militia in 1794 are under examination, and before [undecipherable] further progress can be made it will be necessary to have explained the Principle on which some of the Charges are founded, I have therefore to request that you will as soon as convenient give a call for that purp[undecipherable] I am &c W^m Simm[undecipherable] Acc[undecipherable] The Hon^ble Dwight Foster Department of W[undecipherable] Sir Accountants O[undecipherable] December[undecipherable] In answer to your enquiry respecting Sam[undecipherable] Camps I have to inform you that he appears by the Musters of Col. Tho[undecipherable] Nixons Reg^t that he inlisted the 14 March 1777 for three Years & that [undecipherable] was Omitted on the Musters in December 1777, the reasons not given[undecipherable]