David Henley Esq: A.W.D. Accountants Office Knoxville Tennessee February 9^th 1798. Sir Agreeably to my letter to you of the 26 Ult° you will receive herewith Blank muster & Pay rolls, agreeably to your request — Sam'l W° Simmons, Acct° Ens° W^m R Boote Accountants Office New Brunswick, N.S. February 13, 1798. Sir I received your letter of the 10° Ins tant enclosing sundry Receipts for Bounties paid by you which will be filed as usual subject to a future Settlement as respects the pay of yourself & Recruits it will be necessary that you transmit monthly Pay rolls from the date of the last payment, and the amount found due on each will be transmitted thro' the usual channel, it may be proper to remark in the mean time that Congress have not as yet appropriated for the present year, you can nevertheless transmit the Pay roll for January to be ready to act on it, so soon as the appropriations are passed — Sam'l W Simmons [you will receive therewith some master Pay & receipt & Blank rolls] Acct° Capt° Joseph Elliott Accountants Office Fort Wolcott, near New Port, R.I. February 12^th 1798. Sir I received your letter of the 2^d Instant enclosing the Pay roll for January of the Detachment under your command I also received the muster Roll for the same Period from the War Office; so soon as Congress shall make the necessary appropriations for the present Year, the amount of the former will be transmitted to you thro' the usual channel — I have not as yet received the receipt Roll, said in your letter to have been Forwarded to this Office for July August & September 1797 — Sam'l W° Simmons Acct°