[161] Caleb Swan Esq^r PMG Pittsburg Accountants Office January 1[undecipherable] 179[undecipherable: 8] Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 26 October & 4 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 Simmons Acct. Edward Carrington Esq^re Accountants Office Supervisor Richmond January 13 179[undecipherable: 8] Sir I received your letters of the 25 & [undecipherable] this enclosing your account of Commissions for receiving & Paying monies from this Department in the year 1797 amounting to Seventy Seven Dollars & fifteen [undecipherable: 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 Simmons Acct. Lieut^t Peter H Deansy Accountants Office West Point January 13 179[undecipherable: 8] Sir I received your letter of the 31 [undecipherable] requesting payment of your Recruiting Account you will accordingly receive the same from Nicholas Fish Esq^re Supervisor New York on your giving him the necessary Receipts for the amount being twenty two Dollars — Sam^l W Simmons Acct.