S^r I inclose the Muster & Pay Rolls of the Garrison of Niagara for the Months of September .... Please to observe that although I am carried on Said Rolls for the pay of July August & September amounting to 195 D^rs I not only am not to receive any of that money having given a Note of 125 D^rs in the form of a receipt for advance & way from you But M^r [undecipherable] was having also Settled with me that I would reimburse the public the 452 E^ts which I received in advance, by Monthly Stoppages of 30^D from my pay & Subsistence — I Shall transmit in a couple Months an account of what I Shall be intitled to, deducting the above mentioned 125 D^rs & the Stoppages concluded upon. I ave the honor to be with great regard S^r Your Obedient & Humble Servant [undecipherable] William Simons Esq^re Accountant N.B. Captain Doyle informed me that he would contrive to pay the troops of this garrison provided he receives a compensation but not otherwise [Address panel: William Simons Esq. / Accountant / War Office] [Filing notation, written sideways: p. of letter [undecipherable] / No. 2 [undecipherable] no rest [undecipherable] may only [undecipherable] / [undecipherable: probable date 27 Oct 97] / ans [undecipherable]]