require'd The account will be examined and the amount forwarded to you.— Sam l^e W^m Simmons Act^t John Kitty Esq^r. Accountants Office Supervisor Baltimore December 21 17[--] Sir I received your letter of the[--] inst. enclosing receipt of Cap^t. Staats Morris for three hundred & ten Dollars & four [cents] which sum will be entered to your credit on the books of this Office— The two hundred & fifty Dollars you remitted to the Treasurer of the United States as received of John Ra[--] will be entered to your credit.— Sam l^e W^m Simmons Act^t William Polk Esq^r. Accountants Office Supervisor Charlotte N^o Carolina December 21 179[--] Sir I rec^d. your letter of the 20 Ult^o. enclosing your account charging a Commission of 1 p^r C^t. in paying monies to Sol. G. L. Schenck Contractor.— I return the same to you it not being a proper charge against this Department.— The money was not issued from here, consequently it would be improper to pay a commission for your paying it— I presume the charge if a proper one should be presented to the Treasury Department.— Sam l^e W^m Simmo[ns] Act^t