[page 170] from the pay for this Object — At the time, the bounty & premium Hildebrand was disallowed, the measure was as justifiable as in admitting it — Sam^l 8^c W^m Simm Acct Nath^l Macon Esquire Accountants Office Chairman Committee of Revival & January 18^th 179[undecipherable] Unfinished business — Sir I have had the honour of rec^g your letter of this Morning requesting for the information of the Committee of Revival and unfinished business, a list of the number Clerks in my Office and the salary & duties of each, for which I beg to refer you to a copy of my Letter (enclosed) to the Secretary War of the 16 Inst^t. which was furnished him agreeably to a request to be laid before the Committee of Ways & Means — should this not be sufficiently explicit shall be happy to make further communications to the Committee. — Sam^l 8^c W^m Simm Acct M^r George Fleming Accountants Office Merch^t New York January 19^th 179[undecipherable] Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] with its enclosures — they will be referred to the Secretary of War who no doubt decide, and transmit information thereof to you — Sam^l 8^c W^m Simm Acct