John Habersham Esq^r Accountants Office Collector Savannah Georgia February 6.^th 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Three Thousand, five hundred Dollars, which you will be pleased to pay to Lieut^t Col. Comm^dt Henry Gaither, taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable for the due application of the same, being for the use of the recruiting Service — Sam M^c W Simmons Acct^o Lieut^t Col^o Com^dt Henry Gaither Accountants Office February 6.^th 1798 Sir You will receive from John Habersham Esquire collector of the Customs at Savannah, the sum of Three Thousand five Hundred Dollars, for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same being for the use of the recruiting Service — Sam M^c W Simmons Acct^o Caleb Swan Esq^r Accountants Office P.M.G. February 5^th 1798 Sir I have received your letter of this date wishing to know the amount that has been or is now about to be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office, and, whether it will be essentially necessary for you to attend personally, during the examination of those of your vouchers, which are lodged in this Office, and not yet passed to your Credit — In answer to the first part, I have to inform you, that the amount which has been entered to your credit as Paymaster General is Doll^s 758098 &c, and as Clerk of the War Office Doll^s 35804 &c, that it appears by the account of Lieut^t Sterrett Paymaster now under examination, that a further sum of about 35,000 Doll^s will be entered to your credit, making in the whole about Doll^s 828,900 — In reply to the 2^nd part of your letter I have to —