& making in all 59 Cents, and leaving and leaving the same two hundred and ninety four Dollars and nineteen Rank from [undecipherable] Kelly Esquire Supervisor Baltimore on giving the necessary holding yourself accountable Sam D^C W Simm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] from this purpose, Pay Acpt Bills themselves [undecipherable] for your account Capt^t Joseph Elliott Accountants Off[undecipherable] Fort Washington near Ninety[undecipherable] January 10 [undecipherable] Sir I rec^d your letter of the 4^th Inst & and the muster & Pay rolls of the Detachment under your command October [undecipherable]— 31^st December 1797 enclosing your subsistence from the Third Period, after Examination the Pay Rolls I found the [undecipherable] amount [undecipherable] by you, one dollar and fifty Cents arising from [you having] calculated your rations at Philadelphia at 16 Cents in lieu of six pence Pennsylvania Currency each of this [undecipherable] he leaves an [undecipherable] on the Pay Roll of seven hundred and sixty Dollars and forty [undecipherable] which sum you will receive from John S Dexter Esq^r Supervisor Providence on your giving him the necessary Receipt, holding accountable for the true application of the same — Your letter for Capt Calton will be [undecipherable] agreeably to your request— Sam D^C W Simm[undecipherable] John S Dexter Esq^r Accountants Off[undecipherable] Supervisor Providence January 16 [undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Seven hundred and Sixty Dollars & forty Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Cap^t Joseph Elliott [undecipherable] will be taking duplicate receipts holding him accountable for being for pay of himself and detachment under his command from [undecipherable] to 31 D^cem[undecipherable] 1797 inclusive and for disbursement of himself from [undecipherable] to be the Third Period— Sam [undecipherable] W [undecipherable]