to M^r Habersham being fourteen thousand nine hundred 8⁷/[undecipherable] Dollars, which he is directed to apply to the objects estimates — Sam 8^c W Simm[ons] A[ss]^t Capt^t Staats Morris Fort Whetstone Point Accountants Office February 15^th 179[8] Sir I received your letter of the 9^th Inst. caused an examination to be made of the Pay & receipt roll for [December] which I advised you of by my letter of the 15^th Inst.; & find the amount mentioned to be erroneous, owing to your having misplaced the figures in addition of the receipt roll, and which was overlooked by the Clerk; what it, the amount of the pay transmitted for December was two hundred five Dollars & nineteen Cents. The amount of the receipt roll, two hun[dred] eighty eight Dollars &c, which sum will be passed to your debit, holding you accountable for four dollars, due to William Nelson, & two Dollars [fifty] cents due to John S Thiefous, amounting to said Dollars fifty eight Cents, w[hich] for — Sam 8^c W Simmons Capt^t Rich^d Blackburn Fort Norfolk Accountants Offi[ce] February [undecipherable] May 22^d [undecipherable] Sir I received Muster & Pay rolls of the men under your command for January 98. enclosed in a blank cover. The letter has undergone the necessary examination and has been found [correct;] you will accordingly receive the amount from Edward Carrington Esq[uire] at Richmond on your giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same being three hundred [and] six Dollars and seventy six Cents — I have to request that the Muster & pay Rolls from you in future may be accompanied by a letter to be filed on record in this Office — Sam 8^c W Sim[mons]