David Henley Esq^r Agent War Dep^t Knoxville Accountants Office March 8^th 97 Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] with its inclosures, the Accountant being called out of Town on Business, the decision thereof will be suspended until his arrival Sam^l V^s Peter B Asst Lieut^t Horatio R. Dayton. Elizabeth town N.J. Accountants Office March 12^th Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] enclosing sundry receipts for bounty paid, which shall be filed with & forwarded, subject to proper examination. Sam^l V^s P B Lieut^t Ferdinand Claiborne Richmond V^a Accountants Office March 12^th Sir In the absence of the Accountant, I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2^nd Inst^t enclosing list for bounty paid, which shall be filed with those before forwarded, & proper examination, Sam^l V^s Peter B^t Asst Ensign William H. Boots New Brunswick N.J. Accountants Office March 14^th Sir In the absence of the Accou^t to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10^th Inst^t enclosing receipts for bounties paid by you and Muster & Pay rolls for 2 [undecipherable] of the recruits under your command, the former are filed with the