[Page 161] Caleb Swan Esq^r PMG Pittsburg Accountants Office January 1^st 1798 Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 26^th October & 4^th Instant, the former accompanied by the accounts & abstract of your expenditures and the latter returning a list descriptive of the residence of a number of Officers therein mentioned. Sam^l W^m Simmons Acct^t Edward Carrington Esquire Supervisor Richmond Accountants Office January 13, 1798 Sir I received your letters of the 25 & 6^th Inst enclosing your account of Commissions for receiving & Paying monies from this Department in the year 1797 amounting to Seventy Seven Dollars & fifteen Cents which you will receive as usual from the Treasurer of the United States the Receipts [undecipherable] as all foot amounting to nine hundred fifty eight Dollars and forty four Cents will be passed to the Credit of your account in the Books of this Office. Sam^l W^m Simmons Acct^t Lieut^t Peter A Dransy West Point Accountants Office January 13, 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 31^st [undecipherable] requesting payment of your Recruiting Account you will accordingly receive the same from Nicholas Fish Esquire Supervisor New York on your giving him the necessary Receipts for the amount being twenty two Dollars — Sam^l W^m Simmons Acct^t