which has been transmitted to Edward Carrington Esq^r Supervisor at Richmond and which he will pay to you or your order accompanied by your duplicate receipts expressing the purposes for which the payments are made. Sam^ys W Simmons Acct^t Lieut^t Ferdinand L Claiborne Richmond, Virginia. Accountants Office December 26^th 1797 Sir, A pay Roll for yourself, Ensign Samuel Critchfield, and the Recruits under your command to the 30^th of November 1797 has been stated from the Muster Rolls transmitted to this Office, and amounts to Four hundred & Sixty seven Dollars 4/100 which sum you will receive from Edward Carrington Esq^r Supervisor Richmond, on your giving him duplicate receipts therefor, and disburse the same agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Roll, but previous to paying John Wilson it will be necessary for you to procure a Certificate from the paymaster setting forth the time he was last paid, or on if you are acquainted with the circumstance yourself, your own certificate will answer the same purposes by annexing it to the receipt Roll. Sam^ys W Simmons Acct^t M^r Claude Peter Bourchereffe Assistant Storkeeper Springfield Massachusetts. Accountants Office December 26^th 1797 Sir, You will receive from Lewis, Clerk in the War [through] Office the sum of Sixty Dollars on account of your Salary, for which you will please to forward him the Necessary receipts. Sam^ys W Simmons Acct^t