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 yc W Simmons Acct 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 & [undecipherable] 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 if you are acquainted with the circumstances yourself, your own Certificate will answer the same purposes by annexing it to the receipt Roll. Sam^l W Simmons Acct M^r Claude Peter Bourchere[?] Assistant Storekeeper Springfield Massachusetts Accountants Office December 26^th 1797 Sir, You will receive from Lewis, Clerk in the [War?] Office the sum of Sixty Dollars on account of your Salary for which you will please to forward him the Necessary receipts. Sam^l W Simmons Acct