& making in all 59 Cents and leaving and leaving the same two [undecipherable] and ninety four Dollars and nineteen [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] Esquire Supervisor Baltimore giving the nece[ssary] holding yourself accountable Sam D^c W Simm[s] [undecipherable] transmit such Pay rept [Settle?] himself yourself to your request Capt Joseph Elliott Accountants Offi[ce] Fort Walpole[?] Nichpit[?] January 10^th Sir I rec'd your letter of the 8^th Inst & the the muster & Pay rolls of the Detachment under your command October 21 – 31 December 1797 enclosing your Subsistence from the Said Period. After Examination the Pay Roll is found to contain amount stated by you, one dollar and fifty Cents arising from [your?] calculated your rations at Philadelphia at 16 Cents in lieu of [undecipherable] pence Pennsylvania Currency each of this surplus to leave an amount on the Pay Roll of seven hundred and sixty Dollars and forty [undecipherable] which sum you will receive from John S Dexter Esq Supervisor Providence for giving him the necessary receipts holding accountable for the due application of the Same. Your letter for Capt Calton will be agreeably to your request: Sam D^c W Simm[s] John S Dexter Esq^r Accountants Offi[ce] Supervisor Providence January 16^th 17[98] Sir The Treasurer of the United [States] will remit you the sum of seven hundred & sixty Dollars & four Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Capt Joseph Elliott at [Fort] Wo[odstock?] taking duplicate receipts holding him accountable for being for pay of himself and detachment under his command from [undecipherable] to 31 Decem 1797 inclusive and for disbursement of himself from [undecipherable] to the Said Period