Should you not have in your posession vouchers sufficient to cover the whole of the above sum, you will in that case be pleased to refund the difference to The Treasurer of the United States in order to effect a final Settlement — Sam^l W Simmons Acct^t Lieut^t Ferd^d L Claiborne Accountants Office Richmond (Virg^a) January 30^th 1798 Sir I have received your letter of the 22^d Inst^t enclosing a duplicate receipt roll for payments made to your recruits for their pay to the 30^th November 96, Duplicate receipts for Bounty paid, and money paid to Musicians; the 1^st will be placed under examination & the proper amount entered to your credit; the 2^d will be filed with those already forwarded and the latter will be suspended until the Determination of the Sec^y of War be known, when you will be informed of the result — I think it proper however in the mean time to inform you That all claims made by Officers heretofore on that head have been uniformly rejected, and this information I shall deem proper to be communicated to the Sec^y of War previous to his deciding — Sam^l W Simmons Acct^t Lieut^t Ferd^d L Claiborne Accountants Office Richmond, Virginia February 1^st 1798 Sir You will receive from Edward Carrington Esquire Supervisor Richmond Virginia the sum of two hundred Dollars on account of the recruiting Service for which sum you will give your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application thereof — Sam^l W^c W Simmons Acct^t