Jonathan Jackson Esquire                          Accountants Office Superv^r Boston                                                January 16^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 24 Ult^mo inclosing your receipt for fourteen Dollars & Ninety Seven Cents which Sum will be entered on the Books of this office Sam^l & W Simmons Acct^t --- Cap^t William Preston                                Accountants Office Fincastle Virginia                                         January 18^th 1797 Sir Agreeably to my letter No you of the 05 Inst^t your receipt roll has undergone the necessary examination & the following is the result — Amount including pay of Joseph Southwell Drummer from 1^st March to 30^th June 1797 . . . . . . 497. 7 from which there has been deducted pay of Ebenezer Halel Deserted . . . . 9. 46 " Jeremiah Swandish indirect . . . 10 . 93 " Gideon Seal . - 8^o 8^o — . 4 . 51 " Arasmus Warner. d^o d^o . . . 7 . 61                                                                         32. 51                                                                         464. 56 leaving an amount four hundred Sixty four Dollars & [undecipherable] Cents which will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office Sam^l & W Simmons Acct^t