[177] Edw^d Carrington Esq^r Accountants Office Superv^r Richmond January 25. 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Two hundred seventy five dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Captain Richard S Blackburn at Fort Norfolk taking the necessary Receipts holding him accountable being for pay of himself Lieut^t John Saunders & James Tripplett, Peter Lambkin & Thomas Blackburn Cadets and the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the Detachment under his command for December 1797 — Sam^l &c W^m Simmons Acct Tuncel Stevens Esquire Accountants Office Charleston S. C. January 25^th 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 4 Inst^t enclosing your account of Commissions for receiving & Paying money from this Department in the quarter ending 31 December 1797 amounting to fifteen Dollars forty four Cents which sum will be transmitted you by the Treasurer of the United States; you will please as usual acknowledge the receipt thereof — Sam^l &c W^m Simmons Isaac Craig Esq^r Accountants Office Pittsburg Sir January 26^th 1798 I have received your letter of the 12^th Inst^t enclosing an order of the commander in Chief in favor of Cap^t Donald G Mitchel for one hundred & fifty Dollars on account of the Indian Department which sum will be entered to your Credit on the books of this office — Sam^l &c Will^m Simmons Acct [Page 177 YPU01]