John S Steele Esq^r Department of W[ar] Comptroller of the Treasury Accountants Offi[ce] December 26[?] Sir I have to request that you will be p[leased] to cause to be advanced to me the sum of eight hundred Dollars (the[se] being appropriated by the Act making additional appropriations fo[r the] Support of Government for the Year 1797 passed 10 July 1797) fo[r] the Salaries of Clerks employed in my Office for extra Services, to co[mply] with the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3^d Mar[ch] for which sum I will hold myself accountable & apply the same in manner proposed to you on Saturday last — Sam^l [?] W Simm[?] C Acc[?]